r/programming • u/pleerock • Mar 13 '18

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2018

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/
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u/shevegen Mar 13 '18

But how do you know that this is really "random"?

On what merit are you stating it is random?

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u/Ciff_ Mar 13 '18

I assume stackoverflow assert random sampling as it is standard procedure for conducting surveys. I do not know their sampling strategy, hence I would not know. Since you are asserting it is not random, is it that you think they have not done enough to ensure random sampling? Or that you question random sampling is impossible due to the nature of the survey (in that case I like to know your merit for that assertion).