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

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Can you please explain the "poor methodology"?

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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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"The poll, which has a 5.5 percentage-point margin of sampling error, was conducted by randomly calling cellular and landline phones. It asked questions only of people who identified themselves as Native American, after being asked about their ethnicity or heritage."

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Not exactly the most scientific study here. It is interesting though and worth considering.