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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%? 
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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 8:07 am to potent357
almost 350, almost
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 8:32 am to brtiger77
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Polls are for the stupid.
FIFY
Polls are easily manipulated for the easily manipulated
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 8:40 am to lsuroadie
Our country is so bad at statistics and generally understanding data.
It makes it really easy for people to misuse it
It makes it really easy for people to misuse it
Posted on 8/27/23 at 10:30 am to potent357
76% of statistics are made up
Posted on 8/27/23 at 10:39 am to Ipissexcellence
You mean they work 80% all the time
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 11:43 am to Tarps99
I miss Norm
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
Posted on 8/27/23 at 12:34 pm to NoSaint
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Our country is so bad at statistics and generally understanding data. It makes it really easy for people to misuse it
The entire gender pay gap myth
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