Originally posted by Bunk
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The 196 countries are a population.
We spoke about a sample of that small population.
Even if you looked at all 196 and tried to draw such a conclusion from them (like my US presidents analogy) very little would make sense because its too small a population to ask anything so general about except proven facts.
So in my Presidents Analogy 100% have been Male, 2.3% have been visibly Black but I'm not sure how you demonstrate that their attitude to X has affected Y as a whole without studying each individually and adding corrections for salient facts such as social mores at the time.
If people believe that you can do so then please explain why.
As I said more data would make it better.
appreciate your comments though my use of non specific words incorrectly could well have confused the congregation.
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