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This doesn't seem like a valid approach to me. To take a specific group, measure something, and assume that metric had an impact on them being in that group. I
by rplnt 9y ago
This doesn't seem like a valid approach to me. To take a specific group, measure something, and assume that metric had an impact on them being in that group.
It's interesting nevertheless.
- hamandcheese 9y agoWell I think it’s fair to say that membership in the group didn’t impact the participants birth order.
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- AstralStorm 9y agoIt did. The data set is biased towards being older sibling about 3:1. If the statistical distribution is fully shown then it could be some sort of an argument.
- AstralStorm 9y agoNo idea about the downvote. This is a specific likely skewed sample. The study has to be reproduced on general population.
- xyzzyz 9y agoWhat do you mean by "reproduced on general population"? This is explicitly a study of SSC readers. Obviously in general population you won't find that oldest siblings outnumber younger siblings by 3:1.
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoA trans-humanist group might be more likely to have access to a time machine than most other groups, but I still don't think it is very likely that joining the group caused them to become a first-born child. It is much more likely that if there is a causal relationship, being a first-born child caused them to be more likely to join the group.