I don't know what we care about. You provided, basically, an exploratory data analysis, but I don't see a specific, well-defined question that you're trying to answer.
And, of course, $0 vs non-$0 is not entirely random :-) I'm not arguing for "removing" datapoints, I'm arguing for something like a hierarchical model which won't give you as single number as "the answer" but will provide better understanding.
I don't see a specific, well-defined question that you're trying to answer.
su3su2u1 has accused EAers of hypocrisy in not donating despite a moral philosophy centering around donating; hypocrisy is about actions inconsistent with one's own claimed beliefs, and on EA's own aggregative utilitarian premises, total dollars donated are what matter, not anything about the distribution of dollars over people.
Hence, in investigating whether EAers are hypocrites, I must be interested in totals and not internal details of how many are zeros.
(The totals aren't goi...
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