Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 8/30

[SVPete]

The Claim That 400K Trans-Identified People Have Fled Their States

https://instapundit.com/819801/

Tweet concludes, “As @kittypurrzog pointed out on @TheBARPod, the 400K figure was, with some faulty math, extrapolated by Erin Reed based on the NORC survey, which included just 10 trans people who said they’d fled a state. The survey did not provide a representative sample either. So this figure has been all but plucked out of the air and was not actually reached by NORC themselves. It is a figment of Erin Reed’s work with a calculator.

WashPost making @#$% up with ProggieDust ... situation normal.

[ADsOutburst]

The Claim That 400K Trans-Identified People Have Fled Their States

https://instapundit.com/819801/

WashPost making @#$% up with ProggieDust ... situation normal.

"10 trans people have fled their states, so that means... *mashes calculator*... 400k have fled their states!"

Always, always pay extra scrutiny to statistical arguments, and especially those coming from the left.