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Do you understand at all how polling works?

Posted on: October 12, 2020 at 08:11:56 CT
DHighlander NWMSU
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You seem to believe that small numbers invalidate a poll.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/howcan-a-poll-of-only-100/

Now I believe that polls have some issues but it has nothing to do with sample size but more to do with how they select their samples and how they phrase their questions.

There is also some selection bias coming from those polled. For whatever reason some that agree to participate are not giving the pollsters truthful answers. In a small sample size that can really skew the results.
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Playing with the polling numbers... - AllThingsKC KC - 10/12 06:56:11
     Biden is a distant long shot. The media is propping up his - BH O'bonga MU - 10/12 07:54:39
     lol - pickle MU - 10/12 07:32:59
          Do you understand at all how polling works? - DHighlander NWMSU - 10/12 08:11:56
               Do you understand that 45% of 1,200 people - pickle MU - 10/12 08:20:56
                    If that were true then you would know that if done correctly - DHighlander NWMSU - 10/12 08:34:44
                         “the science is tested and true” - pickle MU - 10/12 08:43:30
                              Your belief in something does not determine the validity - DHighlander NWMSU - 10/12 09:09:45
                                   It’s qualitative, DH (nm) - pickle MU - 10/12 09:59:55
          polls depend on sampling the population (nm) - zounami MU - 10/12 07:37:47
               Think. is it 45% of latinos - pickle MU - 10/12 07:46:36
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     If true it would be an epic landslide(nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 10/12 07:10:08
     RE: Playing with the polling numbers: Recent Gallop poll - BH O'bonga MU - 10/12 07:05:47




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