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carlotta (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:00 PM Original message |
MSNBC/WSJ poll oversampled African-Americans to get numbers |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. I guess you don't understand what oversampling means? |
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loveangelc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not for the entire poll, for the racial questions and for questions seeking to see what they believe |
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UALRBSofL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Y'all know these polls are not accurate, none of them |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. His numbers among white voters look good. |
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carlotta (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. well, here's what the AP says |
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writes3000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Just because they asked more black voters than usual doesn't mean that they... |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. I take it that you haven't enrolled in a statistics class before? n/m |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. Okay how do you explain new polls out of CT, CA and OR showing O doing |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. I read it differently. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. You are only allowed to ever post again if: |
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ashrob123 (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is a common survey technique |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. What it means to oversample: |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Oh No! My CD player Oversamples TOO!!! Yikes!!! n/t |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. This may be helpful to your understanding of oversampling in polls |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. Talking Points Memo asked NBC |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. Perhaps a little education on topic will help: |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. Pollsters "oversample" all the time - why is this the first time we've heard which group they've |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. Do you even understand what you are talking about. |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. It would only take a couple of mouse clicks for them to show both results. |
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powergirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. That helps Sen. Clinton |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. What's your basis? |
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malik flavors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. From MSNBC.com: |
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Nia Zuri (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. No they were not overrepresented in the total. They were over sampled-- Big Difference |
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Robbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. BS |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. You never took a statistics class, did you? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. Oversampled and overrepresented are not the same thing. Don't post on what you don't understand. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
27. Will your 3rd post include subtle race baiting as well? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. by your standard, YOUR post is 'race-baiting' |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. You are completely misunderstanding this |
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