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Botany

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27. Good polling has:
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 09:46 AM
Oct 2024

A good random sample of a population
The sample has to be large enough to get the most of the different opinions of the population
you may not get every opinion in that population if those opinions are really a small part of
the population
Questions by the pollster should not be of a nature to sway the person be asked the questions
opinion
The data gathered by the pollsters should undergo a quality statistical analysis
Changes in technology, lifestyles, and people’s attitudes has changed on getting good samples
And remember even a good poll is just a snap shot in time.

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Many of the polls being pushed now have agendas

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Kick dalton99a Oct 2024 #1
Simon Rosenberg is all over this. lizardkingjr Oct 2024 #2
The one thing Rosenberg didn't cover is the stolen election point Mr.WeRP Oct 2024 #4
Everyone worried about the polls should watch this. -nt CrispyQ Oct 2024 #10
I mentioned this the other day here and got a bunch of wise ass cracks about Fabrizio, because it's a name Klarkashton Oct 2024 #3
That's too bad. Don't be discouraged by the snark. There are other bigger issues that are more controversial here Mr.WeRP Oct 2024 #6
I couldn't agree more.... one year should have been enough to file charges (in my most humble opinion) groundloop Oct 2024 #16
This is why 538 should be taken with a grain of salt BluenFLA Oct 2024 #5
You are right about 538! They have been so wrong the last 3 election cycles. I get scolded too. PortTack Oct 2024 #23
Pay no attention to national polls that do not have Harris up by 3 or more JCMach1 Oct 2024 #7
On the very rare occasion that I answer the phone to an unknown niyad Oct 2024 #8
This is really important. valleyrogue Oct 2024 #9
I'm not saying there won't be violence, but we are in the power position, not them. CrispyQ Oct 2024 #14
These Meal Team Six people have no idea what they are running into Mr.WeRP Oct 2024 #22
Elon Musk has been helping out in this shit too Botany Oct 2024 #11
This is an important point Mr.WeRP Oct 2024 #26
Good polling has: Botany Oct 2024 #27
There's also recent polls by Emerson College & Quinnipiac Univ. AdamGG Oct 2024 #12
The latest emerson college poll is sponsored by Nexstar standingtall Oct 2024 #24
Polls Dave Id Oct 2024 #13
Thanks for the information. K&R hay rick Oct 2024 #15
Shocker: He *pays* for something?! UTUSN Oct 2024 #17
indeed. he paid for SOMETHING. beside a wife. pansypoo53219 Oct 2024 #21
Bad polls are everywhere. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2024 #18
A candidate paying for public polls in order to shift the narrative Mr.WeRP Oct 2024 #25
When Heather Cox Richardson and Simon Rosenberg both say the rt is tilting the polls...I believe them PortTack Oct 2024 #19
Why am I not surprised?? Good to know those polls aren't accurate and why. ailsagirl Oct 2024 #20
Can I copy your analysis for my facebook? Nictuku Oct 2024 #28
You are of course welcome to. Mr.WeRP Oct 2024 #29
And you do not bite that hand that feeds you. republianmushroom Oct 2024 #30
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