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keithbvadu2

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3. A telephone poll taken in the 20s or 30s indicated that a certain candidate would win.

Reply to JanMichael (Original post)

Fri May 28, 2021, 06:30 PM

May 2021

(from Statistics 101 class) A telephone poll taken in the 20s or 30s indicated that a certain candidate would win.
Didn't happen. The other guy won.
Turns out that it was not a sample of the general population.
Only the relatively well-to-do could afford phones so they did not sample the 'common folk'.

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"QAnon Now as Popular in U.S. as Some Major Religions" [View all] JanMichael May 2021 OP

believing in stuff that cannot be proved Skittles May 2021 #1

I think that poll is an outlier, if it's even valid at all. TwilightZone May 2021 #2

A telephone poll taken in the 20s or 30s indicated that a certain candidate would win. keithbvadu2 May 2021 #3

I put zero stock in online polls. Midnight Writer May 2021 #4

The hill..online poll. I've seen enough PortTack May 2021 #5