XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:35:22 -0800, Dimensional Traveler   
    wrote in   
    in   
   rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.science,rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   > On 1/23/2014 12:30 PM, Brian M. Scott wrote:   
      
   >> On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 09:27:46 +1300, Your Name   
   >>  wrote in   
   >>  in   
   >> rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.science,rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   >> [...]   
      
   >>> The problem is "surveys" are never accurate because they   
   >>> simply ask far too few people [...]   
      
   >> On the contrary, sample size is rarely a problem.  The   
   >> problem is getting a simple random sample.   
      
   > And phrasing the question to be neutral, which is much   
   > harder than people realize.   
      
   Amen.   
      
   Brian   
      
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