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To: Bridge Player who wrote (58782)	4/12/2008 2:13:12 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544066

>>If a survey says that 29% are for something, 21% are undecided, and 40% are opposed, the results of the survey are indeterminate. Presumably, the other 10% didn't understand the question. Given the numbers as shown, what the survey shows is that 58% of those who had an opinion on the issue were opposed. If you want to call that indeterminate, that's up to you.<< BP - Typo. I believe the original survey showed 31% undecided. Undecideds don't necessarily break one way or the other, and don't necessarily end up being distributed in the same percentages as the people who voice an opinion do, so you really can't determine the opinion of the majority with a survey result like that. That's what I was saying. I do call that result indeterminate, because there are too many undecideds to claim otherwise. - Allen