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> I don't know the intention of the author Why does his intent matter unless you think the data is being skewed or misrepresented? Seems like a fairly objectiv
by rapind 4y ago
> I don't know the intention of the author
Why does his intent matter unless you think the data is being skewed or misrepresented? Seems like a fairly objective factual post to me (but I didn’t run the numbers myself).
I would appreciate if data observations like this always included the script so people could easily (and quickly) verify the results, but that’s just a personal knit pick.
- gpm 4y ago> Why does his intent matter unless you think the data is being skewed or misrepresented? Because the data can be cherry-picked, intentionally or un-intentionally, similar to https://xkcd.com/882/ https://xkcd.com/882/ If you believe a trend exists (or just want to find evidence for it for other reasons) and you keep looking for statistical evidence of it, you're going to find it.
- rapind 4y agoYes for sure, but no conclusions were drawn. No summary or opinion was posited. Of course results can be skewed. Seems unlikely in this case, but it's easy enough to verify. I mean if I was going to criticize the data, I'd probably just verify it myself first, and then question intent. Thinking about it, I could verify post counts for a hand full of these pretty easily using the dev console. No one even questioned the data though, it was more along the lines of; what's the hidden agenda...
- trenning 4y agoMy biggest takeaway from submitting this, is that most people (by top upvoted comments) had a negative knee jerk reaction to my 'intentions'. I just thought it was observationally interesting.