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[–] [email protected] 132 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

correlation is not causation.

repeat the experiment.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Without 25 observations at least we cannot draw conclusions

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends on your dataset, confidence, and margin of error.

Assuming that 95% of billionaires will act similarly and 750-ish total billionaires in the US, if you want to have 99% confidence and 1% margin of error, you'll need a minimum sample size of around 600.

We really should be thorough. For science.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Usually I would nit pick the hypothesis you want to confirm and the math you used, but for some reason 600 sounds right.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Hmmmm... I wonder what would cause pharmaceutical prices mysteriously drop?