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so which one is wrong?

• dragonwriter 6y ago
  Neither is necessarily wrong, as they have a different universe of analysis.
  • P-ala-din 6y ago
    the way I parsed the question made it seem that they are incompatible. hence why I asked. it's my bad because I didn't explain myself. I understood the first sentence to be saying that the proportion of men experiencing "imposter's syndrome" is the equal to the proportion of woman experiencing it. I understood The second sentence to say that a higher proportion of women experience it. To my understanding, it's not possible for these two statements to be true at the same time. So one must be wrong.
• xapata 6y ago
  "Not all foo are bar." "This foo is bar." Both statements can be true simultaneously.
  • P-ala-din 6y ago
    Of course, that's true but I can't map that to the statements at hand. I understood it to be: P(W) == P(M) and P(W) > P(M)
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    • torstenvl 6y ago
      "P(W) == P(M)" is not supported by the statement. More like "P(W), but also P(M)"
    • xapata 6y ago
      "In one study" means "In a particular sample." A sample does not always share the same characteristics as the population.
      • P-ala-din 6y ago
        if a study can't be replicated then the study is wrong isn't it? either the sample was too small, they got unlucky or the result is stated too generally.
        • xapata 6y ago
          > if a study can't be replicated then the study is wrong isn't it? Not necessarily. Maybe the replications were flawed. Characteristics of a population can change over time. Blah, blah, blah. It's incredibly hard to say something is flat wrong or absolutely correct. A good scientist uses what others might call "weasel" words (I hate that term), like, "The data is (in)consistent with the hypothesis." The more evidence that mounts for or against a hypothesis, well, it's up to you to decide how to act.