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To: Young Scholar

Not if the sample is under 10% of the population being studied. There is no way that .000004% is a representative sample.


116 posted on 01/16/2006 5:55:34 AM PST by SALChamps03
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To: SALChamps03
Actually, statistically, with about 1,000 truly randomly selected people, you can be 95% certain that your result is within 4 or 5% of the actual beliefs of the population. Where did you get the 10% figure?

1,200 people is 0.0004% of the population, anyway. You're confusing the fraction and the percentage.

126 posted on 01/16/2006 7:46:55 AM PST by Young Scholar
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