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IDK, maybe something called confidence intervals?
by SubiculumCode 10y ago
IDK, maybe something called confidence intervals?
- SubiculumCode 10y agoWhy did that deserve a downvote? The difference between lower class men and women in that study was small,and I doubt that difference would meet a p=.05 confidence threshold. When it was said that lower class men are 4 times less likely than lower class women to be invited to interview this was an overstatement of the confidence we can extrapolate these results to the population. But hey,if that wasn't clearly inferred by my comment, so be it.
- tristor 10y agoYou most likely got downvoted for being snarky and condescending, not for pointing out the that the difference doesn't meet the confidence threshold. Your follow-up is better because it at least provides a fully encapsulated response, but you still have some snark in your tone. When replying try not to imply that other commenters are stupid.
- FT_intern 10y agoIf I'm reading correctly, there wasn't a p-value for the upper middle class men vs women either