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To: dmz
Except we are not talking about absolute numbers. This was a poll... a statistical sample. To get a 1% level of confidence you have to sample an extremely large number of people.
267 posted on 09/01/2006 11:47:11 AM PDT by babygene
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To: babygene
To get a 1% level of confidence you have to sample an extremely large number of people.

That's to within a 1% level of confidence.

You can get 1% confidence with the results of a survey by polling a quite small number of people.

352 posted on 09/01/2006 5:25:39 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (The cockamouse is REAL... and AWESOME ... and it can FLY! Fly, cockamouse! Be free!)
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