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title: "Timeline photos "97 British MP's were asked "If you spin a coin…"
date: 2021-02-08
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships added a new photo.
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# Timeline photos "97 British MP's were asked "If you spin a coin…

*February 8, 2021 · Facebook*

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\"97 British MP\'s were asked \"If you spin a coin twice, what is the probability of getting two heads?\"\
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While most Conservative MPs selected the correct answer (25%), 77% of Labour MPs failed to answer the simple probability question correctly\" (via \@polygenicity)\
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A higher proportion of MPs got the question right than the general public. In 2010 (15-18 October 2010) Ipsos MORI interviewed 1,028 members of the British Public (16-64 year olds) online. That survey showed that just 30% of the general public gave the correct answer to this same question -- 10 percentage points lower than MPs. Just as with MPs, the most common answer was 50%.\"\
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[https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/use-data-and-statistics](https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/use-data-and-statistics){target="_blank"}
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