05-January-2009, 04:49 PM
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Order of Kilopi
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Bowie, MD
Posts: 3,643
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Moose
Short answer: You couldn't hang your hat on the results.
Long answer: ... But not because of the sample size, which is smaller than ideal but adequate.
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I used to work for the State of WV, and we took a survey of the Eastern Panhandle senior citizens to find out what they considered their biggest needs (of the kind providable by senior centers, etc.). Of course, I complained about our survey method--the surveyor picks houses at random they think a senior citizen might live. To quote a psychologist on the team, "we discriminate against owners of vicious rottweilers."
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