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To: I want the USA back
Sampling a segment of the population and applying the results to the entire population.

That's a valid method when the sample is randomly selected and sizable - neither of which was the case here.

25 posted on 01/13/2015 8:20:17 AM PST by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: ConservingFreedom
That's a valid method when the sample is randomly selected and sizable - neither of which was the case here.

Don't forget that the sample needs to be representative as well.

28 posted on 01/13/2015 8:24:59 AM PST by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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