this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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The N=16 keeps getting buried. Deliberate?
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being from programming dot dev is just the turd on top
programming.dev: statistical sampling excellency (worst edition)
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!
This N is too small: ~N~
The colon-space-subscript bothers me Immensely
Skill issue - this N is even smaller:
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