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Originally posted by seachange
I stopped watching after a couple minutes do to extreme wrongness by the Youtube author. You can easily predict the results on an election based on a sample size of 2,300. This is common sense. All the major polling companies regularly make statements about 300 million Americans based on sample sizes of rarely over 3,000 people. This is how statistics works.
There is no hoax, just people making wrong assumptions about polling that are false. The margin of error isn't based on the available maximum sample size. Everyone in statistics knows that. Just because you can get more samples doesn't mean you need to get more samples. The video author of the OP is simply wrong.
There is no hoax.
Originally posted by darkstar57
I hate being a skunk at this garden party, but I once taught statistics. I also agree with the sentiments and point of view of the majority of ATSrs. But the following is true.
2391 is adequate to give a plus or minus 3 percent at 95 pc confidence to a percentage of voters that voted for say, the Newt.
IF the exit polls were properly conducted and sampled.
www.ncpp.org.../4
check the link for the ifs that have to be answered to get an accurate and representative result.
Originally posted by chr0naut
reply to post by theindependentjournal
I'm not an American, it really doesn't affect me.
Originally posted by DrMattMaddix
America is the shining beacon of Freedom on the hill. It's hated by many for various reasons.
Originally posted by DrMattMaddix
Do you think Obama's actions have affected you in any way since 2008???