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To: Reaganez

The poll also oversampled people of color.

Oversample Dems, oversample Blacks - whatever it takes to get the desired results...


29 posted on 09/24/2008 4:43:51 AM PDT by Josh Painter ("I don't believe that people should be able to own guns." - Barack Obama)
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To: Josh Painter
The added interviews (commonly referred to as an "oversample") were completed to ensure there were enough African American respondents for separate analysis; the group was not over-represented in the reported results from the full sample.

Per the WP.

34 posted on 09/24/2008 5:12:21 AM PDT by kabar (.)
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