So it could be as few as 50/10377 = 0.5% of tenants broke their lease. This is a useless survey unless they asked the landlords how many of their tenants broke their lease.
As typical of sensationalist media these days looking to get clicks.
Unfortunately not every survey will meet the high standards of internet commenters looking for blood
I understand why you might feel this way, but I don't think the parent and grandparent comments are necessarily "looking for blood." They bring up valid concerns.
Disclosure: I haven't read the linked article.
or any standard at all?
Whose blood are commenters looking for by pointing out that the data given in the piece fails to lend any credence to the "alarming rate" claim?