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are you familiar with how statistics and sample sizes work?
by cheschire 11mo ago
are you familiar with how statistics and sample sizes work?
- jmpman 11mo agoN=1, but many of my other friends also have Teslas and their experiences are similar.
- pfannkuchen 11mo agoI have a similar experience and also a recent German car with more problems than the Tesla.
- croes 11mo agoI never had any problem with any car
- pfannkuchen 11mo agoAre you a bus enjoyer?
- croes 11mo agoNope, just an outlier
- pfannkuchen 11mo agoThe plural of anecdote is data.
- croes 11mo ago> Anecdotes may be real or fictional; the anecdotal digression is a common feature of literary works and even oral anecdotes typically involve subtle exaggeration and dramatic shape designed to entertain the listener. Everything is data, but not all data are facts
- jonnrb 11mo agoI mean this is like comment and comment reply number three of the same pattern: "I have Tesla Model 3|Y and it's doing well" --> "sample size of 1 mreh". Reviews tend to skew negative. Where are all the angry Tesla owners here? (Seriously. I want to hear from angry HN readers about bad 3|Y ownership experience.) I have a Y and an S (Palladium) and the Y is solid (only service for usual EV wear items) but the S has been... a "luxury" vehicle let's say that. I'd imagine some of the issues it had in its history wouldn't pass German TUV, but I got the things I noticed fixed under warranty. I'm really curious how the newer vehicles do. It's a bit of a running joke "the new ones will be better!" but I really do see the improvement in my 2023 Y versus the 2020 3 I had. The S falls somewhere in between in a way that makes sense given its price point and year.
- Dylan16807 11mo agoA sample size of 3 happy users, even with review bias, is still way too small to refute a supposed defect rate of 17%. And I bet that comments on HN are going to be less affected by negative review bias than actual reviews.