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> Pew surveyed more than 3,400 U.S. Facebook users in May and June, and found that a whopping 44 percent of those ages 18 to 29 say they've deleted the app from
by kposehn 8y ago
> Pew surveyed more than 3,400 U.S. Facebook users in May and June, and found that a whopping 44 percent of those ages 18 to 29 say they've deleted the app from their phone in the last year. Some of them may have reinstalled it later.
Yet the total user base in the US is something over 100mm - how would you possibly consider 3,400 people be indicative of an entire demographic?
Edit: Yes, I'm aware of statistics and how they work ^_^ It is more that I'm skeptical of the conclusion being based of a sample truly diverse enough to be confident in
- WoodenChair 8y agoStatistically 3,400 is a large (read statistically significant) sample size. If the participants were appropriately sampled, it can be indicative of a trend.
- kposehn 8y agoIs that though for that large of a population? I guess I'm just skeptical of the sampling in that small of a population to establish a pretty sweeping conclusion.
- lovich 8y agoStatistics can be used to infer trends from a much larger population than surveyed as long as you take steps to ensure a random group of people from the main population are surveyed