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Old 14-01-04, 10:59 PM   #21
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Originally posted by pod
A sample size of 1000 is fine to statistically extrapolate to a country the size of US. You just have to pick your sample properly. You can show anything with a poll by tweaking your qualification criteria. If people were picked randomly, polls would be even more worthless than they are now.
how can 1000 people out of millions accurately represent what public opinion is?
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