Oct 21, 2019
8:34:15pm
8:34:15pm
That’s not how statistical polling works
They are not trying to say “out of 100 people surveyed 56 said...”
What they are trying to do is get a statistically significant result to a question. This involves the use of statistical procedures including hypothesis testing, confidence intervals and other tools.
Many times how things are presented in the media are “ dumbed down” so that the masses can understand the takeaways but that doesn’t change the underlying statistical procedures that are used to generate the data
What they are trying to do is get a statistically significant result to a question. This involves the use of statistical procedures including hypothesis testing, confidence intervals and other tools.
Many times how things are presented in the media are “ dumbed down” so that the masses can understand the takeaways but that doesn’t change the underlying statistical procedures that are used to generate the data
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