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To: KQQL
500 voters?! There are 700,000 people in that district. Better call more to get a more accurate picture.
6 posted on 01/27/2004 12:08:38 PM PST by graycamel
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To: graycamel
SURVEYUSA was the 2nd most reliable pollster in 2002.
7 posted on 01/27/2004 12:09:46 PM PST by KQQL (@)
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To: graycamel
You have made a very common mathematical mistake. If your sample of 500 is truly RANDOM, it gets just as good a picture of a 700,000-person Congressional district as of a 70,000-person city or a 7,000,000-person state.

It is true that you sometimes have to do more work to ensure randomness if you are polling a larger area, but you don't need a larger sample.

16 posted on 01/27/2004 12:41:05 PM PST by VeritatisSplendor
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