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as noted elsewhere, apple actually employs over 90,000 people. it's less significant in that scope. Also, while I have no doubt his experience sucked, he was a
by clarky07 12y ago
as noted elsewhere, apple actually employs over 90,000 people. it's less significant in that scope.
Also, while I have no doubt his experience sucked, he was also in customer service as opposed to being a developer/engineer. I suspect those areas differ somewhat. (Not suggesting it's ok at all, just that it may not be completely representative of the entire company)
- vacri 12y agoMy point is that the parent considered a sample of 100 to be too small for a population of 5000. Statistically speaking, it's a decent sample size.
- ianamartin 12y agoTo mikeash and vacri, A sample size of 100 is equally meaningless for 500 or 5 billion if the sample is skewed--which it definitely is in this case.
- mikeash 12y agoActually, the size of the population as a whole is nearly irrelevant when considering the significance of a particular sample size. 100 people has just about the same significance for a population of 1000 as it does for a population of 1 billion. That said, since the people he met certainly weren't randomly selected, it'll be a heavily biased sample.