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		hotdogscout on Nov 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Men less likely than women to share negative infor... Which is a flawed use of math because margin of error expectations are based on an empirical rule based on a random variable and answers to a poll are not random. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/68%E2%80%9395%E2%80%9399.7_r...

xcv123 on Nov 11, 2023 [–]

The study may not be perfect according to your impeccable standards, but it is not entirely scientifically worthless either.

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