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111 points

n = 40, this is junk. they couldn’t even get 100 people for this?

these were all sampled from 1 company in amsterdam. the differences could be explained by company culture, or local culture, or whatever. more work needed.

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That’s very concrete language you’re using there. Are you perchance an introvert? We could make it n = 41 and add a dash more selection bias to boot!

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n=40 isn’t actually bad for generalized conclusions, given a reasonable spread in the results. Your second point is a much stronger argument. The sample is entirely non-representative.

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IIRC from stats n=32 is generally considered the minimum to be considered representative for a random sample (and this is not a random sample outside of the company in Amsterdam 🙄).

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I don’t think you’re disagreeing with the parent poster…

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Shitty sample sizes are the majority of “research” nowadays. It’s sad how hard it is to find any even in the triple digits.

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2 points

anything with personality types i already assume is junk. might as well use their zodiac sign.

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