Why are polls with decimals laughed at? (user search)
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
June 10, 2024, 02:20:44 PM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  Presidential Elections - Analysis and Discussion
  Presidential Election Process
  Polling (Moderator: muon2)
  Why are polls with decimals laughed at? (search mode)
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: Why are polls with decimals laughed at?  (Read 2324 times)
Del Tachi
Republican95
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 18,054
United States


Political Matrix
E: 0.52, S: 1.46

P P P
« on: August 22, 2018, 05:07:15 PM »
Quote from: Jalaketu West on August 22, 2018, 12:54:37 PM
Because polls aren't accurate enough for decimals to be meaningful.

Generally, this is true.  However, it isn't necessarily true.  Polls with large enough sample sizes could have meaningful decimals.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.015 seconds with 11 queries.