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seems to me that, for a very long while, transoceanic immigrants have tended to bring more in terms of education and other factors; influenced by the immigratio
by hnbroseph 10y ago
seems to me that, for a very long while, transoceanic immigrants have tended to bring more in terms of education and other factors; influenced by the immigration process, among other things.
as "Swedish Americans" aren't exactly a properly random sample of people plucked out of Sweden and relocated, it's not clear that it's very useful to compare to "all Swedes in Sweden".
- yummyfajitas 10y agoIf Swedish Americans are a bad comparison to Swedes in Sweden, then surely comparing non-Swedish Americans to Swedes in Sweden is even worse.
- hnbroseph 10y agoswedish-americans vs swedes and americans vs swedes are simply two different comparisons, and it's not clear that "even worse" applies.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoThe goal - as per jamesblonde's comment - is to measure the effect of two different systems of government. The effect on the underlying people is the sample. So in this sense, the more different the people, the worse they are for this measurement.