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[theprof00]

Tachikoma said:

theprof00 said:

That's called selective data.

If I wanted to find the average age of people who liked looking at naked ladies would I go to a strip club and poll the people there?

strip clubs have an age limit, youtube doesnt.

You're missing the point. There is an age barrier, as well as many other social barriers that might prevent others from being represented by a youtube sample. Ability to use a computer, access to unfetered internet access, amount of spare time, regional discrepancies, interest level. Like, some people just aren't interested in youtube.

It's not what is scientifically accepted as evidence. It's not a random sampling.

It's a sample of a demographic within a demographic.

Such a statistic could only at best be qualified with the wording "the main demographic age, based on channel subscriptions on youtube", instead of "the main demographic age is".

This is why I used the strip club as a metaphor, because there are barriers. If you wanted to be technical, I could instead just say "I ask all my friends on facebook". It's not obvious if you don't know my age, but all my friends are going to be 18-30....and not to belabor a point, but not all my friends are on it because of inability to use the app, internet access, disinterest, etc.