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[–] self@awful.systems 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

programmers learned what N means in statistics and immediately realized that “this N is too small” is a cool shortcut to sounding smart without reading the study, its goals, or its conclusions. and you can use it every time N is smaller than the human population on earth!

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 14 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

The colon-space-subscript bothers me Immensely

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 5 points 14 hours ago

Skill issue - this N is even smaller:

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