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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (73969)8/15/1999 11:33:00 PM
From: Victor Lazlo  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 164684
 
<<...because you're using percentages. If you survey is projectable we need to know 86% of what, and 83% of
what. >>

William we know "what" - the 3000 who were surveyed.
And actually, only 400 or so people need to be surveyed to be able to reliably extrapolate the results to a larger universe of people. The true randomness in selecting the survey participants is the key, not getting a huge # of participants.