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30 people seems to be far too small of a sample size for any meaningful results, except to conclude the usual "a larger study is needed to confirm or disprove o
by krona 3y ago
30 people seems to be far too small of a sample size for any meaningful results, except to conclude the usual "a larger study is needed to confirm or disprove our findings" funding gambit.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoParticularly as far larger 'experiments' are constantly in progress. Pensions. Annuities. Allowances. And on and on.
- notahacker 3y agoThat's sort of why though. When we've got population scale social experiments with pensions and petrostates giving strong indications that recipients of unconditional incomes sufficient to live off mostly choose not to work and especially avoid certain jobs, it's important to counter that by giving a handful of people £32k over the course of two years and discovering they are happy to have more money and haven't been able to afford to retire yet!
- barbariangrunge 3y agoFor how long? If it’s not dependable and life long, it will skew the results as well
- karaterobot 3y agoAccording to the article, it's for two years.
- HPsquared 3y ago"people won't quit their job over a temporary UBI trial"
- olddustytrail 3y agoThese aren't a sample, they're case studies.
- zdragnar 3y agoIt's not studying universal income, though. The only thing this studies is "do people like getting free money" to which the answer is well known.