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Old 09-10-2009, 03:34 PM   #789
dar512
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary View Post
And it was a poll based on 427 Adults.
I'm guessing that you are not familiar with surveys and statistics. For the given sample size the margin of error is ~4.5%. Acceptable for a quick poll.

Major surveys typically use a sample size of ~ 1000. However that only reduces the margin to ~3.2 percent.
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