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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-03 08:39 AM
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10. Polls Aren't Infallible
Edited on Thu Aug-14-03 08:39 AM by DemocratSinceBirth
but they are based on inferential statistics.

If you have the proper controls in place they can give you a pretty good idea of what people are thinking at any given time.

Heck, if inferential statistics are good enough for geneticists in mapping DNA it's should be good enough to use to find out how people think
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  -Wash Post Poll: Only 37% support Civil Unions for homosexuals zoidberg  Aug-14-03 08:12 AM   #0 
  - Despite what the poll says  VermontDem2004   Aug-14-03 08:14 AM   #1 
  - Tyranny of the majority  ftbc   Aug-14-03 08:17 AM   #2 
  - Court  varun   Aug-14-03 08:20 AM   #3 
  - We do the right thing  liberalmuse   Aug-14-03 08:28 AM   #4 
  - So what's the point of having a democracy?  zoidberg   Aug-14-03 08:33 AM   #6 
  - How Do We Do It  DemocratSinceBirth   Aug-14-03 08:35 AM   #8 
     - There was a civil rights 10 point program that Harry Truman  VermontDem2004   Aug-14-03 08:38 AM   #9 
  - While I question these results....  Stuckinthebush   Aug-14-03 08:31 AM   #5 
  - Polls Aren't Infallible  DemocratSinceBirth   Aug-14-03 08:39 AM   #10 
     - Exactly  Stuckinthebush   Aug-14-03 08:47 AM   #12 
        - We Agree  DemocratSinceBirth   Aug-14-03 08:52 AM   #15 
  - Gays and Blacks never gained a right from Politicans  VoteClark   Aug-14-03 08:35 AM   #7 
  - That simply doesn't reflect reality  zoidberg   Aug-14-03 08:40 AM   #11 
     - There Is Alot of Truth  DemocratSinceBirth   Aug-14-03 08:49 AM   #14 
        - I agree with you 100%  zoidberg   Aug-14-03 09:10 AM   #18 
  - That was before the public was well informed on the issue  markus   Aug-14-03 08:47 AM   #13 
  - This is very misleading PROPOGANDA  sangha   Aug-14-03 08:56 AM   #16 
  - Perhaps you didn't read the article carefully  zoidberg   Aug-14-03 09:12 AM   #19 
     - Thanks, but  sangha   Aug-14-03 09:32 AM   #20 
  - you can dismiss the issue all you want  buddhamama   Aug-14-03 08:58 AM   #17 
  - I Agree  DemocratSinceBirth   Aug-14-03 09:35 AM   #21 
  - Perhaps it's the Incessant use of the word "homoSEXual".  Touchdown   Aug-14-03 10:07 AM   #22 
  - but when only 37% of Americans now support Civil Unions,  Bandit   Aug-14-03 10:16 AM   #23 
 

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