• @atzanteol
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    482 months ago

    A method that attempts to collect data from a randomized or representative population rather than relying on self-report.

    • Fushuan [he/him]
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      222 months ago

      The fact that you need consent to get this data would make a randomized approach impossible.

      • @atzanteol
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        172 months ago

        Yes. It just may be possible that accurate poll data on such things isn’t possible.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          canonical has been doing this for years too, and a significant portion of linux users are on ubuntu. i’m not sure if a good portion of users enable it though.

    • andrew
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      41 month ago

      Yeah, this is pretty textbook selection bias.

      • @atzanteol
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        32 months ago

        I don’t have one. WTF? You expect that I should be able to propose a way of gathering accurate data just because I can see obvious flaws in their polling methodology?