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Equation 18 · Part 3 · Forty Million Clicks Through One Uneven Door

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σY≤0.5\sigma_Y \le 0.5
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What this part means

The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.

Its job in the formula

A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.

The passage around this formula

Solving for the minimum defect correlation needed to produce a given bias δ\delta , and taking the most generous possible bound for a roughly binary preference indicator, σY\sigma_Y ≤\le 0.5 , gives what this article calls, for a specific country c , its Country Selection-Divergence Bound:

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A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.

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