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Except that isn't how statistics work. If you have 100 applications, 20% of which are good, and drop 50% of them, you get 50 applications, but you still have th
by Majora320 9y ago
Except that isn't how statistics work. If you have 100 applications, 20% of which are good, and drop 50% of them, you get 50 applications, but you still have the 20% good application/bad application rate.
Of course, you still get 50% less total good applications, but ratios != total.
- drzaiusapelord 9y agoIf there are 10 'good' hires in the initial pile, then cutting out 5 arbitrarily lowers your chance of getting any one of those 10 by half instantly. This is what I was trying to express. At the end of the day there are only so many 'good' applicants.
- Majora320 9y agoSure, but usually you don't want to hire _all_ of the good applicants - the reason you get bad hires is the false positive rate, not because there aren't enough total good hires in the pile.