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Vern
vern1988
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« on: October 31, 2012, 10:30:49 AM »

People put way too much stock in polls..

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Vern
vern1988
Sr. Member

Posts: 2,286

Political Matrix
E: -1.30, S: -0.70

« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2012, 11:30:01 AM »

People put way too much stock in polls..

Well what do you think polls are? Random numbers?

Polling is just a small random sample of a larger group of people. Sometimes the smaller sample match the larger group and sometimes it doesn't.

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Vern
vern1988
Sr. Member

Posts: 2,286

Political Matrix
E: -1.30, S: -0.70

« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2012, 12:26:34 PM »

People put way too much stock in polls..

Well what do you think polls are? Random numbers?

Polling is just a small random sample of a larger group of people. Sometimes the smaller sample match the larger group and sometimes it doesn't.

Let me guess: never even went near to a Statistics 101 course right?

No, like I said, I'm not very smart when it comes to this stuff, but to me it just seems unreliable to put a lot of stock in polls.

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