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Old 01-22-2011, 08:18 AM
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They polled 632 people. That's right, 632. Over 3 days. Was this done on their lunch hour? Margin of error at +/- 3.9%. Kind of meaningless in my opinion.
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Old 01-22-2011, 01:24 PM
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They polled 632 people. That's right, 632. Over 3 days. Was this done on their lunch hour? Margin of error at +/- 3.9%. Kind of meaningless in my opinion.
More people by itself doesn't mean greater accuracy - it matters who is being sampled. You could have a far more accurate poll with only 30 people. Add in your margin of error when reviewing.

I'd love to see a poll on how good - or poor - the average American is at recognizing the difference between opinion and fact. I think critical reasoning is a nearly lost skill and the results of that poll would be shockingly scary.

When the fringes see an impending armageddon, and think that a good planning solution is giving someone money now, on the promise that during the armageddon that company will provide regular deliveries of freeze-dried food to save their families ... well, "there's one born every minute" has probably turned into one born every second, and dropped on their head.
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Old 01-22-2011, 02:02 PM
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I hardly think that Beck is responsible for the comments of posters on his site. That'd be like saying that Steve Byk is responsible for all the posts on this site.
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