Are percentiles fake ?

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Looksmaxxers use percentiles, but what if they’re inaccurate?


How can you know that the people who were measured weren’t small, unhealthy, etc.?
 
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There's no true percentile for anything, and all studies are favored in the outcome a person specifically wants to hear
 
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There's no true percentile for anything, and all studies are favored in the outcome a person specifically wants to hear
How you can compare your size then ?
 
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How you can compare your size then ?
You just have to trust the mostly-accurate studies, like everyone else. :BlanketJam:

unfortunately no matter what we do, we can't compile billions of people into a 100% accurate statistic.
 
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You just have to trust the mostly-accurate studies, like everyone else. :BlanketJam:

unfortunately no matter what we do, we can't compile billions of people into a 100% accurate statistic.
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Does this is accurate study?
 
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You just have to trust the mostly-accurate studies, like everyone else. :BlanketJam:

unfortunately no matter what we do, we can't compile billions of people into a 100% accurate statistic.
In the study there are men 195 cm tall ,so it’s very accurate
 
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is chico fake
 
There's no true percentile for anything, and all studies are favored in the outcome a person specifically wants to hear
In this thread people that are bad at math validate each other.
 
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Looksmaxxers use percentiles, but what if they’re inaccurate?


How can you know that the people who were measured weren’t small, unhealthy, etc.?
Law of large numbers. Statistics 101, basically. The larger the sample size of whatever group you're looking at, the more closely the binomial distribution of it resembles a normal distribution. A sample size of 30 is already representative, but a sample size of 1000 is pretty much concrete truth
 
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Law of large numbers. Statistics 101, basically. The larger the sample size of whatever group you're looking at, the more closely the binomial distribution of it resembles a normal distribution. A sample size of 30 is already representative, but a sample size of 1000 is pretty much concrete truth
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Percentiles aren’t accurate because they were measured on average-height people, so that 99th you see is only relative to smaller individuals.


Being at the 99th is like being average.
Size is mistery
 
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Percentiles aren’t accurate because they were measured on average-height people, so that 99th you see is only relative to smaller individuals.


Being at the 99th is like being average.
Size is mistery
Well then you're talking about sampling errors. Statistics are always in some way arbitrary, so the statistics you're looking at don't describe what you're looking for. Not a math error, but a method error. Comparing against averages is just common practise, since that is what most people look for. If you wanted a statistic excluding old people, malnourished people and ethnics, you'd have to collect that data yourself. I doubt there are many statistics around for exactly what you're looking for
 
Well then you're talking about sampling errors. Statistics are always in some way arbitrary, so the statistics you're looking at don't describe what you're looking for. Not a math error, but a method error. Comparing against averages is just common practise, since that is what most people look for. If you wanted a statistic excluding old people, malnourished people and ethnics, you'd have to collect that data yourself. I doubt there are many statistics around for exactly what you're looking for
Being 99 th in these percentiles what does mean,?
 
Being 99 th in these percentiles what does mean,?
On average being the tallest/hottest/whatever guy in a room of 100 of the specific people you're comparing against. Standard deviation of 1-3 depending on the specs of your probability distribution. Meaning you could also be the second or third tallest in that room, for example, but you'd be expected to be the tallest in most outcomes.
 
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On average being the tallest/hottest/whatever guy in a room of 100 of the specific people you're comparing against. Standard deviation of 1-3 depending on the specs of your probability distribution. Meaning you could also be the second or third tallest in that room, for example, but you'd be expected to be the tallest in most outcomes.
I mean about size
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Being 99 th here mean huge skull ?
No mean avarage skull bc the ppl measure were manlet
 

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