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Old 08-08-2006, 08:57 AM  
DamageX
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Originally Posted by Kevsh
Umm, where to start here...
How do you think polls are conducted? Knocking on every door in the country?

It's called "sampling" and statistically, when done right, these kind of polls are extremely accurate in predicting the population's views.

And actually, 10000 is a bit high
The trick is selecting accurate sampling groups, which obviously wasn't done here.
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