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   From: your.name@isp.com   
      
   In article   
   , Duggy   
    wrote:   
      
   > On Jul 23, 7:29=A0am, "Your Name"  wrote:   
   > > ALL surveys are manipulated. Pretending the results from a few sampled pa=   
   > ges   
   > > / people / etc. actually means anything for the millions of others they   
   > > didn't sample is statistical manipulation. The smaller the original sampl=   
   > e,   
   > > the more meaningless the so-called "results".   
   >   
   > Sample size affects accuracy, yes.   
   >   
   > Manipulation implies that there was a plan behind the inaccuracy.   
   >   
   > If I show 3 people on the street a picture of a man and one of a woman   
   > and ask which is hotter and then claim "men are hotter than women"   
   > based on the results, that's poor sample size.   
   >   
   > If I show 100 people the same picture... but make sure that those 100   
   > are straight men then I'm manipulating the data... even with a larger   
   > sample size.   
      
   ALL surveys and are faulty in either the surveying and / or the reporting.   
   They all statistically manipulate the results.   
      
   That magainze manipulated the results by only surveying a few pages to try   
   and prove Wikipedia is accurate.   
      
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