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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JakeStraw who wrote (446298)	8/23/2003 4:32:58 AM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

How big a sample should pollers take? I think that statistics can abused, and certainly a sample size of this number cannot be 100% reflective of an actual vote. And since the real vote is still over a year away, many things could change. But what this poll gives us is a snapshot in time of a probable outcome, and that probability is likely +/- 5% from results if the election were held today. Yeah, I know it's hard to believe, but properly devised samples can tell a lot. Good at it then, Orca