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Isn't that how surveys work?
by klez 2y ago
Isn't that how surveys work?
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoAnd from what I can tell, Censuswide is a credible market researcher.
- skilled 2y ago2000 is 0.0007% of 260M adults living in the USA. “Majority of Americans” is a bit off the rails, imo.
- EA-3167 2y ago2000 is a pretty generous sample size if it's a well constructed poll, and of course entirely useless otherwise.
- tzs 2y agoThe margin of error when using a random sample of 2000 people out of a population of 260M is less than 2.19% with a 95% confidence level. You are probably making the common mistake of thinking that the larger the population the bigger a sample needs to be to accurately poll. That is true for lower populations but the "sample needed vs. population size" curve is asymptotic. For example, suppose we want to determine what percent of people believe X, with a 5% margin of error and a 95% confidence level. Here's a table of the random sample size needed for various populations: Sample Population 80 100 278 1 000 370 10 000 383 100 000 385 1 000 000 385 10 000 000 ... ... 385 ∞
- skilled 2y agoThanks for pointing that out. I honestly don’t know anything about surveys. Someone vouched for the company that did it for them, but I am still skeptical that their claim is true or that it deserves such a sensational title. If the survey process was published also then I would have zero issue with it.