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To: Aria

If you don’t have 1,000 respondents in your sample, it’s not a reliable poll. And that counts if you narrow down your overall sample to a sub-group...that sub-group has to still have 1,000. That’s what I learned in statistics class.


13 posted on 11/29/2015 12:25:41 PM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: JediJones

ok, thanks. I didn’t take statistics but I do accounting and to me a % is a %. Obviously more to play with when you’re dealing with statistics.


20 posted on 11/29/2015 12:36:00 PM PST by Aria (Abortion = murder, the taking of a human life.)
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To: JediJones

Statistics is not based in absolutes.

The size of the sample is usually irrelevent, and the key is for the sample to reliably represent the body.

Actually, a large sample allows more careful crafting of the outcome, and makes the mischief harder to detect. Best choice for a push poll in every way.
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24 posted on 11/29/2015 12:48:02 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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