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If you assume the readers of the Washington Post are unbiased, 500 is a decent sample space.
by AYBABTME 13y ago
If you assume the readers of the Washington Post are unbiased, 500 is a decent sample space.
- krapp 13y agoBut why would you assume that? Just being willing to comment on an article about Edward Snowden on a news website should suggest a bias to begin with. And then there's the poster with the avatar of Archie Bunker...
- andrewfong 13y agoPeople who comment on the Internet are generally not a representative sample.