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> They've been filing their methodology for bot counting with the SEC since 2013. No, they haven’t. They describe at a very high level the amount of sampling t
by happyopossum 4y ago
> They've been filing their methodology for bot counting with the SEC since 2013.
No, they haven’t. They describe at a very high level the amount of sampling they do (100 accounts a day? Really, that’s it?), but don’t discuss the methodology used, such as what they use as signals and indicators of botness. That’s not “filing their methodology“, it’s covering their arses.
- Sebb767 4y ago> That’s not “filing their methodology“, it’s covering their arses. True, but probably quite successful. So this will most likely not save Musk.
- jcranmer 4y ago> (100 accounts a day? Really, that’s it?) Today's question on your statistics 101 exam: You have a population of 100 million people. You estimate that the true probability of some statistic is about 5%. What sample size do you need to be 95% sure that you are within 5% of the correct answer? Answer: 73. (No really, this kind of question is absolutely going to be in a Stats 101 class. And sample sizes really don't need to be that big to be accurate.)