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Originally Posted by GatorB
If you understood even the basics of statistics you'd understand you don't need a HUGE sample to get accurate stats. For example a CNN exit poll of 18,000 voters in the 2008 election showed that 53% of the people responding voted for Obama. Overall Obama won 53% of the vote. Hmmm. Funny how just 18,000 votes exactly predicted the results of 125 million votes. That's 1/7 of 1%
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Fuck me sideways. You are Captain Straw Man, aren't you?
Who said small samples of stats were irrelevant? No one.
You said this:
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Originally Posted by GatorB
I have said all along to everyone I know, if you like a TV show, watch it. Watch it when it is on. Don't Tivo it, don't download it, watch it.
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And I said that is a silly thing to say, because unless you have a Neilson box it will make no difference whatsoever to viewing figures. Will it?
Sigh.