Wulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-28 days agoAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square297fedilinkarrow-up1847arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1829arrow-down1external-linkAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldWulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-28 days agomessage-square297fedilinkfile-text
Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population
minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoI’d honestly believe the opposite, with people living in liberal cities overestimating. Personallt, in a friend group of about 15, 4 are trans. Just because you’re progressive, doesn’t mean you’re good at math or understand statistics.
minus-squarematlag@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoYou know, thinking back about how big the number is, it’s probably both.
I’d honestly believe the opposite, with people living in liberal cities overestimating. Personallt, in a friend group of about 15, 4 are trans.
Just because you’re progressive, doesn’t mean you’re good at math or understand statistics.
You know, thinking back about how big the number is, it’s probably both.