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You're right nice try.

It's a freaking trade off. Random polls are unbiased but may not have a fair representation. Quota Sampling maybe biased, but they have a better representation of the population. This is why it's been in discussion for many years.



If you were to read the page on Statistical sampling, you'll see that there are VARIOUS ways of sampling and they exist because there are pros and cons for each one.

Your argument is that you DON'T do that and you're wrong. I didn't argue that there weren't any drawbacks. So unless you're arguing that random polls are perfect (which you already admitted that they weren't), you have nothing to respond with other than "I'm wrong".




That's only if you're claiming that there is a majority. If you're not going to claim that the majority of the U.S. believes one way or the other, then it doesn't matter. That's not the scenario. You claimed that it was fairly split with a slight favor towards SSM. Belkira argued that majority of the U.S. supports SSM. So, how can you use the "majority", but not want to know what the majority is? So, it's ok just to say "it's the majority" without actually knowing if it's true or not? Interesting..




I don't have to say anything. Your comedic behavior is all I need to laugh myself to sleep.

It must feel real bad to get pwned by an idiot. I know it hurts...

It's a fitting descriptor, but where's the amusement?

Edited, Apr 20th 2011 3:57pm by Eske

It is. It's just that there isn't much sport in simply calling him an idiot, straight up. That's about as funny as reciting simple math problems, or other such well-accepted facts.

Edited, Apr 20th 2011 4:18pm by Eske

That's a lot of words just to say that you're wrong..



I guess you're not understanding the irony in that sentence.. it's ok...

Saracsm is a form of irony.

Almas middle name is obviously Baldrick.

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Edit: You know what, never mind.. I fell for this trick before. You all stick together, so when I take one down, the other comes in and "speaks for the other person" in attempt to turn things around. I'll let him speak for himself.

Edited, Apr 21st 2011 1:06am by Almalieque

Well, you should try not polling stupid people next time. I've provided evidence that the various sampling have pros and cons, where 1,000 may not represent the entire population depending on the sampling and what you're looking for.

Whoa, wait - premium??

Ok, who's my secret Santa? I want to thank you!

Of course. "You all" are like this huge mob who sticks together to no end. If you agree with me, you stay silent. The second I say something that you may disagree with, then you comment. If someone says something wrong, they aren't challenged, it's let go. When two people contradict each other, they argue through me. Then at the end, "I'm the idiot", even though I share the same opinion as others...It's quite hilarious..

Whatever you say, Skippy.

That's what I've been arguing this entire time. You don't need 1000 people to know how people feel about rape, but if you want to know how the majority feels about something that is so evenly split, you're going to need more than 1,000 people, especially if it's truly random.