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shanem t1_j2mw2lv wrote

Reply to comment by Suspicious-Kiwi816 in State of Washington has highest average number of sex partners , at 54.8. Does that surprise you? by walklover1212

They surveyed 3,151 people. WA is ~3.5% of the USA so that's 116 people proportionally representing 7.7 million

Seems way too low.

They also don't say how they picked who filled out the survey.

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numba1mrdata t1_j2n6wpy wrote

Na a couple thousand people is actually quite statistically significant for the country. That being said, I'm sure there's a metric fucktons of flaws with this survey because there's no way in hell it's accurate. Doesn't pass the smell test.

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Fox-and-Sons t1_j2p3fxd wrote

A couple thousand people is probably good enough for getting the average of the country, but a little over a hundred is probably insufficient for getting the average in this part of the country. Sample size is really all that matters, not sample size as a ratio of a whole.

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