re: 9 in 10 Native Americans not bothered by Redskins Name

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Sure. It's a survey, surveys are prone to all sorts of issues which can affect the validity of the study. Among them:

- Response bias due to the phrasing of the question (a five level Likert scale would have been more precise, but still prone to issues)
- not a large enough sample to be considered representative of the NA population
- sample was pulled out of convenience, ie people who were easy to reach via cell phone
- participants were asked to self identify as NA

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I agree that the methods were suspect, but it was conducted at the behest of an online blog/newspaper.

What is telling is that it mirrors the results of a survey conducted 5 years ago, so I believe it's more right than wrong.