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> The user demographics skew towards younger adults I'd be careful interpreting numbers like those. This isn't measuring the age demographics of CL users, per
by mumblemumble 6y ago
> The user demographics skew towards younger adults
I'd be careful interpreting numbers like those. This isn't measuring the age demographics of CL users, per se. It's measuring the age demographics of people who responded to the survey. ~25% of that group self-reported as not actually being (current) lisp users.
- veddox 6y agoThat's what I meant with my reference to sampling bias.
- mumblemumble 6y agoI'm not calling attention to a sampling bias problem, I'm calling attention to a data reporting problem. Including people who don't actively use lisp in the sample is entirely valid, and capturing that information about them would facilitate some interesting analyses. For example, we could look for demographic differences among professional lispers, hobbyist lispers, and curious onlookers. Or see if there are any industry trends. It's just that this Google doc reports these data in a way that's too coarse-grained to support that kind of analysis, regardless of any bias concerns.