There's a reason perception is skewed.
There's a reason perception is skewed.
Posted Aug 2, 2009 22:56 UTC (Sun) by Baylink (guest, #755)In reply to: There's a reason perception is skewed. by njs
Parent article: OSCON keynote: Standing out in the crowd
I've said it a couple of times already, in other places, but I guess I can say it again.
You're drawing statistical inferences from a "survey", about which you cannot speak to the selection bias of... and selection bias -- which I can for myself infer from the report in question -- would make this "survey" worthless for the purpose for which you're depending on it to make your argument.
So, if you agree that anecdotes are not sufficient, then let's nail down how they got their answers, shall we?
And if you don't agree, and think that a self-selecting online survey is enough to make this argument, well, then ...
