• Ecco the dolphin@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    18+52+37+47+56=210 for China. Each child could pick up to 3 answers. The average number of jobs the Chinese children picked was 2.

    For USA/UK the average was about 1. Very few children selected more than one answer.

    That’s weird. What a weird poll. Were there only 5 possible choices? I would have told you I wanted to be a veterinarian at that age, if I answered at all. (I did not become a vet, I became a failure lmao)

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      7 months ago

      I wanted to be an electrical engineer, then I saw all the math and settled for electrician, then I saw all the math and settled for Janitor

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      7 months ago

      I think it’s pretty obvious this is a subset of the answers.

      So it seems like, given 3 picks, only 1% of kids are choosing YouTuber as an option. That doesn’t really seem ridiculous.

      Edit: it’s 3000 kids total, not per country. So I guess 3% if these are the only 3 countries included.

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        This poll annoyed me so much I googled it. It’s just a really shitty poll. There is no reason to believe the 5 listed jobs is a subset of the answers. This is an infographic summarizing a single question from a survey that seems to be commissioned by LEGO.

        Article from the “Harris Poll”

        I couldn’t find like, an academic paper describing the poll. There’s no methodology for it I can find. It’s just some corporate fluff piece, frankly.

        So I guess 3% if these are the only 3 countries included

        Yep, only 3 countries. This is just a trash poll.

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          I just figured if 3000 people responded, they should have 9000 picks. Since we only see a few hundred it seemed like it’s a very small subset of the total answers.

          Very shitty poll indeed.

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    7 months ago

    Born too late to explore the oceans.

    Born too early to explore the stars.

    Born just in time to remind you to hit that like button, share with your friends, and subscribe so you don’t miss a thing.

    The West is lost.