In sampling and statistics, I'm pretty sure there are terms for that. To account for the fact that not 100% of the population are being sampled. Hmmm, I wonder what that term is.
These small variations tend to happen because the data is not perfect. The important thing is to see how it trends over time. When we clean up the data to reduce the noise of the ups and downs, we see that it's trending up.
Do these surveys happen on a monthly basis? I'm not doing these on a monthly basis. So my data is not here. Could I participate automatically somehow, just by launching the Steam client?
I think steam randomly selects users each moth to contribute. You'll get a pop up asking you to share.
Its been awhile since I took stats, but we should expect some fluctuations. Whether it's statistically significant or not depends on the confidence intervals.
If I'm not mistaken, I can initiate the survey manually. I guess it's not too much work. It collects all the information automatically anyway. Nothing to "fill out". 👍
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Fizz@lemmy.nz · 34 pts · 77d
Its over. I'm going into hibernation until the next steam survey says we're back
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 77d
It's still trending upwards, it's just back to normal after a giant spike
nevyn@slrpnk.net · 24 pts · 77d
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 77d
When you only have 4% to begin with, 0.3% is not a blip lol. It’s almost 10% of your install base.
nevyn@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 76d
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 76d
Again - it’s 10% of the total Linux amount. It’s a lot.
The article isn’t saying Linux is dying, neither am I. Who is?
nevyn@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 75d
far_university1990@reddthat.com · 0 pts · 75d
Steam result vary more than 0.3% just by user select variance. Very unstable.
0.3% over multiple month maybe around 10% of linux, but not for one month.
bitfucker@programming.dev · 0 pts · 74d
In sampling and statistics, I'm pretty sure there are terms for that. To account for the fact that not 100% of the population are being sampled. Hmmm, I wonder what that term is.
FiniteBanjo@programming.dev · 19 pts · 77d
Too many LinusTechTips watchers got sad when Fortnite wouldn't run.
Trail@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 76d
Good.
Mereo@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 76d
These small variations tend to happen because the data is not perfect. The important thing is to see how it trends over time. When we clean up the data to reduce the noise of the ups and downs, we see that it's trending up.
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 8 pts · 77d
With the amount of Tumbleweed submissions on protondb I would have thought BSD would make the list by now
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 77d
Bawwww, I was happy to be able to do my part for the steam linux charts for the first time, but it was not the month of the Linux desktop I guess
victorz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 76d
Do these surveys happen on a monthly basis? I'm not doing these on a monthly basis. So my data is not here. Could I participate automatically somehow, just by launching the Steam client?
chaospatterns@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 76d
I think steam randomly selects users each moth to contribute. You'll get a pop up asking you to share.
Its been awhile since I took stats, but we should expect some fluctuations. Whether it's statistically significant or not depends on the confidence intervals.
victorz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 75d
If I'm not mistaken, I can initiate the survey manually. I guess it's not too much work. It collects all the information automatically anyway. Nothing to "fill out". 👍
Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 72d
THE YEAR OF THE WINDOWS DESKTOP!