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WiseMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-04-04 01:58 PM
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6. NO. But most good polls use population weighing to obtain statistically
ballanced result. Precice initial sub-sample numbers are not relevant unless the sub-sample size is too small to support probabilities.

That is why they do a larger sample of Independents that is reflected
in the population -- so that they can make statistically valid
comments regarding that important group.
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  -Bloomberg report say Newsweek poll is 11 point lead. WiseMen said 13 bigtree  Sep-04-04 11:31 AM   #0 
  - 11 Point Gap. 13 Point Bounce!!! -- Kerry was 2 points up on prev poll.  WiseMen   Sep-04-04 01:30 PM   #1 
     - Well look who they polled!  gatorboy   Sep-04-04 01:35 PM   #2 
     - Are independents one-third of the electorate?  DemMother   Sep-04-04 01:44 PM   #3 
        - Democrats  DaveinMD   Sep-04-04 01:46 PM   #4 
        - I understand that part.  DemMother   Sep-04-04 01:56 PM   #5 
        - NO. But most good polls use population weighing to obtain statistically  WiseMen   Sep-04-04 01:58 PM   #6 
     - The bottom line is that Bush got a huge bounce and we got almost none  Democat   Sep-04-04 02:37 PM   #7 
        - Suprise  bigtree   Sep-04-04 03:41 PM   #8 
 

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