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Wulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world ·
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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups

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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups

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Wulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world ·
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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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    Check the color of the dots, my friend. Red is the true value, blue is the survey participants’ estimate.

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      I’m a scientist! :D

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        Appreciate the skepticism regardless!

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