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Wed Sep 14, 2016, 07:46 PM

Loki Liesmith (4,597 posts)

Stop with the "CNN didn't poll anyone under 50" [View all]

They do not report data for subgroups with margins of error above a certain threshold.

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17 replies	Author	Time	Post
Stop with the "CNN didn't poll anyone under 50" [View all]	Loki Liesmith	Sep 2016	OP
It seems harder than it used to be to find data on the demographics of respondents.	pnwmom	Sep 2016	#1
I posted links	machomaas	Sep 2016	#3
Yes, MOE would be > 8%	Loki Liesmith	Sep 2016	#5
I saw that but I didn't see how many respondents they had in each category. They used to include	pnwmom	Sep 2016	#15
Your concern concerning this concern is concerning. eom	MohRokTah	Sep 2016	#2
Who's concerned?	Loki Liesmith	Sep 2016	#4
Fair to ask if they interviewed ENOUGH people under 50	MadBadger	Sep 2016	#6
sure. always fair to ask	Loki Liesmith	Sep 2016	#7
MoE is calculated from sample size and they are inversely proportional.	Persondem	Sep 2016	#8
aware	Loki Liesmith	Sep 2016	#9
Agreed. It's a bad poll for us, but a legit poll. Poll truthering doesn't accomplish anything.	DanTex	Sep 2016	#10
I expected a point or two movement in the national polls to HRC this week	Loki Liesmith	Sep 2016	#11
CNN only polled 18% of voters under 50 (less than half)	displacedtexan	Sep 2016	#12
18%	triron	Sep 2016	#13
Some subgroups represent too small a share of the pop of Ohio to produce an accaptable sample error	factfinder_77	Sep 2016	#14
If you're going to get into the weeds of the cross tabs on this one	piechartking	Sep 2016	#16
Only 18% of their sample was under 50. Less than half of what it should have been.	pnwmom	Sep 2016	#17