• furryanarchy [comrade/them,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    The rule of thumb for surveys is that 5% of people with give ridiculous answers because it's funny. So if a survey has a funny answer option and around 5% or less of the answers choose it, you can pretty much just throw out that data.

    If the survey itself is based on silly premises, the amount of silly answers will probably be higher. So I think it's safe to say the majority of people who said they could kill a bear or an elephant answered that for a laugh.