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To: Riflema

Each poll has a separate error rate so using a weighted average doesn’t provide much more accuracy than not using one.


6 posted on 02/11/2016 2:02:10 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: Raycpa

What he said. Thanks Ray.


9 posted on 02/11/2016 2:05:34 PM PST by onona (Where are you tonight, my sweet Marie)
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To: Raycpa

Same again. If a poll of 1000 has a MOE of 1% and one of 100 has a MOE of 10%, I am most definitely going to weight the large poll more heavily, no?


10 posted on 02/11/2016 2:06:01 PM PST by Riflema
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