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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Wulri@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Not just over/under estimating, but people intentionally ignoring instructions, answering absurdly for the lulz, or just misunderstanding and inverting their answers (percent not).

Not a very robust study design.