My Account
Report problem with this ad
Start a related thread
Start a related poll
Reply via Boardmail
Oct 21, 2019
8:12
:24
pm
byujag
All-American
polls are based on what they're looking for, they're not really random in that way
if they want to know what 16-24yr olds eat for breakfast, talking to a 45 yr old is useless.
Start a related thread
Start a related poll
Reply via Boardmail
Report problem with this ad
byujag
Bio page
byujag
Joined
Jun 20, 2005
Last login
May 23, 2024
Total posts
23,627 (665 FO)
Report problem with this ad
Messages
Author
Time
Polling Mechanics question ....
Xenon
10/21/19 8:05pm
polls are based on what they're looking for, they're not really random in that way
byujag
10/21/19 8:12pm
Because they are looking for a sample that represents the voting base
Greg Kite's 'stache
10/21/19 8:13pm
If it was a political poll. It's biased.
Powerbait DPM studnt
10/21/19 8:14pm
No, it’s not
Greg Kite's 'stache
10/21/19 8:17pm
disagree. News organizations, campaigns etc. Want to have a poll that benefits
Powerbait DPM studnt
10/21/19 8:20pm
He’s saying it is biased in some way
puntersarepeople
10/21/19 8:21pm
The group sponsoring the research may very well desire a specific outcome
Greg Kite's 'stache
10/21/19 8:37pm
Yeah, but what drives the decision to only have "100" from a group?
Xenon
10/21/19 8:21pm
Would only work if they explained their results. My guess is they want to be
Powerbait DPM studnt
10/21/19 8:27pm
That’s not how statistical polling works
Greg Kite's 'stache
10/21/19 8:34pm
We could have a much longer discussion about statistics
Greg Kite's 'stache
10/21/19 8:27pm
The person paying for the data isn’t going to pay you for surveys beyond
StantonMac
10/21/19 8:28pm
As long as it isn’t favoring one group of people rather than another I don’t see
puntersarepeople
10/21/19 8:30pm
This is called "stratified sampling", and it's a commonly used statistical technique.
mik3
10/21/19 9:24pm
Yep, if you take a sample of 20-30 yos and 30-40 yos
puntersarepeople
10/21/19 9:27pm
Report problem with this ad
Posting on CougarBoard
In order to post, you will need to either
sign up
or
log in
.
Report problem with this ad