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To: Tax-chick

They don’t need to call more than a 1,000 people. Calling 10,000 or 100,000 would show much the same result. It’s a math thing. One thousand is a common sample amount.


52 posted on 08/14/2015 5:16:25 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Math is hard.


61 posted on 08/14/2015 5:50:12 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The article says, “More than 135 million Americans SAY ...”. That is a straight-out falsehood. The true statement is that around 560 people said, and those people, as well as the around 440 who said they had been on vacation, were not a statistical microcosm of the United States. They were simply 1,000 people who answered their phones and didn’t hang up when they realized it was a poll.


64 posted on 08/14/2015 7:31:01 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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