And I think it doesn't matter for my point... a lot of people has open source contribution as a part of their job (I think commit stats clearly shows that). So instead of debating whether it is 30% or 90% of the contributions coming from employed people, I hope to get comments on my point.
Thanks On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 10:23 AM Sam Ruby <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 9:50 PM Justin Mclean <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > Ok, cool... so 50% of those that like to reply to, and have time for, > > > surveys… > > > > It probably a little more representative than you may think. While there > might be a couple of assumptions made, plugging in the numbers in say [1] > gives a 95% confidence of 3.3% margin of error or 99% confidence of a 4.4% > margin of error. But hopefully the new survey will explore things along > these lines and give us a better picture. > > Unfortunately, such calculations don't help if there is statistical > bias[2] involved. Note that bias in this case is a technical term and > does not necessarily have anything to do with intent. > > Source: was a math major. > > > Thanks, > > Justin > > > > 1. https://www.checkmarket.com/sample-size-calculator/ > > 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_(statistics) > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java
