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To: CatOwner

The only person that answers a landline these days is a poor person. How can any phone poll be accurate?


14 posted on 10/01/2016 8:49:42 PM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: FreeperCell

....”The only person that answers a landline these days is a poor person”....

That’s not true by any means.....I have a landline and love it!


16 posted on 10/01/2016 8:56:34 PM PDT by caww
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To: FreeperCell
The only person that answers a landline these days is a poor person. How can any phone poll be accurate?

In order for any scientific poll ( that uses small sample sizes - at least 1500 ) to be accurate, the sample has to be TRULY RANDOM. This is where these polls fail. If they are just polling landlines then it is not truly random of the population as a whole. The poll results should say "Of those polled with landlines, the results are such and such ". Even if cell phones and landlines are polled, it is still not truly random. Many people don't answer calls on cellphones that they do not know who the caller is. Even if it is answered , many people hang up ( with the IRS targeting conservatives, I can see where a lot of conservatives would not want to answer a poll ). So any of these poll results should start out with " Of those who agreed to be polled". Once again, not a truly random sample.

20 posted on 10/01/2016 9:05:14 PM PDT by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
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To: FreeperCell

“The only person that answers a landline these days is a poor person. How can any phone poll be accurate?”

No, they all got Obamaphones. Just look at the taxes on your cell bill.


36 posted on 10/01/2016 10:23:43 PM PDT by sagar
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