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Still, those sample sizes are huge
by high_na_euv 2y ago
Still, those sample sizes are huge
- brokensegue 2y agoSample size won't save you if you're sampling from a different population.
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- high_na_euv 2y agoSure, but we dont know
- crazygringo 2y agoIf there's an artifact here it's probably seasonality. E.g. a proper comparison would look at what the results were for just January over the past few years. It's easy to imagine that benchmarks in January might sample more from cheaper Christmas present laptops, while the rest of the year has more powerful professional purchases spread throughout. Or after Christmas upgrades, people get hand-me-down computers and disproportionately benchmark those to figure out what they're good for. You can invent a million scenarios, but it's extremely plausible that January results could be an outlier every year.
- kazinator 2y agoSample size cannot compensate for sampling bias.