Yep, if you take a sample of 20-30 yos and 30-40 yos

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Oct 21, 2019
9:27:57pm

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One will not affect another. And you don’t need to keep adding once you have enough info

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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

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