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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by 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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[–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Feels like they polled an elementary school in Jersey

You mean the state with the highest ranked Pre-K-12 by US News and World Report? That Jersey?

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education/prek-12

Errr, I mean "Lol Jersey sucks amirite?"

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Not even relevant. Kids are stupid about scope at this age regardless of location. Jersey would explain the perspective disproportion of the NYC stat, which is a major outlier in the set while fitting the rest of the patterns well. Fa get abo dit

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