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> This is a random sample. Some pedantry: It was an anecdote. A random sample is multiple data points drawn randomly from a population. GP only provided one, a
by saraid216 13y ago
> This is a random sample.
Some pedantry: It was an anecdote. A random sample is multiple data points drawn randomly from a population. GP only provided one, and you suspected it might be an outlier.
- lake99 13y agoNot quite. I meant that my the course description that I provided was a random sampling. I googled for EE programs, picked a university randomly, went to its list of courses, and picked a course randomly.
- aangjie 13y agoHaha.. am still tempted to say that still doesn't ensure a random distribution as it's a lot more likely you picked a link from the first few pages for search results. :P. Either way, your point is valid.