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The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.46%??
Posted on 8/27/23 at 8:00 am
Posted on 8/27/23 at 8:00 am
Reading on The Advocate regarding JBE and his wanting to empty death row the poll says 52% oppose his plan, 41% support it while 8% are undecided. (Their numbers add up to 101% but whatever). Then the line "The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.46%". If you can be that precise on the margin of error then why should there be any margin of error? Other than your original math which adds up to 101%?
Posted on 8/27/23 at 8:04 am to potent357
Polls are stupid.
I don’t know anyone who has ever participated in any sort of poll.
I don’t know anyone who has ever participated in any sort of poll.
Posted on 8/27/23 at 8:08 am to potent357
Margin of error represents the sample size vs a population.
Posted on 8/27/23 at 8:08 am to potent357
It is called rounding. 51.6 goes to 52, 40.6 goes to 41 and
7.8 goes to 8.
7.8 goes to 8.
Posted on 8/27/23 at 8:28 am to potent357
Not sure if it’s still the case, but those mandatory ISDS statistics classes for the LSU business school 20 years were the worst.
Posted on 8/27/23 at 8:34 am to potent357
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his wanting to empty death row
by 'empty' does he mean take 'em out back and put a bullet in their head?
i vote yes
Posted on 8/27/23 at 10:30 am to potent357
76% of statistics are made up
Posted on 8/27/23 at 10:40 am to potent357
I support emptying death row by killing everyone on it immediately
Posted on 8/27/23 at 10:56 am to potent357
Posted on 8/27/23 at 11:46 am to potent357
Release drug possession-only prisoners (not paired with violent/property crime). You have plenty of room to house the monsters.
Posted on 8/27/23 at 11:47 am to potent357
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Other than your original math which adds up to 101%? ?
It adds up to 101% only because they rounded. Without rounding, it's 100%.
Margin of error is a normal part of polling; every poll has a margin of error.
I wouldn't recommend coming to Tigerdroppings with questions about statistics. You won't find many answers here.
This post was edited on 8/27/23 at 11:50 am
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