The total of all responses is 140%, so there's way more overlap than he seems to account for. Isn't it likely that a lot of that overlap is between the only two answers that mean you have the full amount on hand?
Sure, 83% can still meet their other bills, but that's because, according to the other question he pulls out, half of them expect to borrow money to make it work. The other 15% lines up pretty neatly with the 12% who reported they couldn't beg, borrow or steal $400.
So yes, the newspaper headlines are overstated and imprecise, but the "debunking" is also pretty incoherent.
Here, he recognizes that there's double counting but still adds categories in a nonsensical way: https://twitter.com/p_millerd/status/1118071185311330309
The total of all responses is 140%, so there's way more overlap than he seems to account for. Isn't it likely that a lot of that overlap is between the only two answers that mean you have the full amount on hand?
Here, for example: https://twitter.com/p_millerd/status/1118071193393750016
Sure, 83% can still meet their other bills, but that's because, according to the other question he pulls out, half of them expect to borrow money to make it work. The other 15% lines up pretty neatly with the 12% who reported they couldn't beg, borrow or steal $400.
So yes, the newspaper headlines are overstated and imprecise, but the "debunking" is also pretty incoherent.