What kind of questions can be figured out by traditional polling, and what kind of questions can only be statistically answered wtih 100% participation?
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If you ask a question like: "Did the US's involvement in Vietnam cease the spread of communism" thats not just a yes or no answer, its far to complicated a question for that, and there's a lot of Grey area.
Yes you can. I answer "yes." It may be a complex road for me to get to my answer, but it's still a "yes or no" question.
When you conduct a poll, you're not getting the truth per-say, you're getting oppinion.
That's why when I see poll that say xyz% of Americans think we're losing the war in Iraq, I turn the channel, because what the hell does xyz% of Americans know about the reality of things in Iraq?
By the way... What was your answer? Was it something along the lines of simple / common ideas can be polled traditionally, but more complicated ideas need 100% participation?
Not being a smart ass here (even if it sounds like I am) I am honestly curious about your take on it.
What stats class did you take? Which textbook were you guys working from?
to which question, you lost me.
Simple questions like "do you favor a cut in your taxes" would be good for a traditional poll. Questions that have a ton of controversy around them such as the various Vietnam questions, deserve a more special kind of polling that compensates for it's complicated nature.
If a poll is simply designed to gather oppinion though, what difference would it make?
How complex is the war in Iraq? How complex is the job of the President? How complex is the Economy? How complex is nature?
I'm thinking you love polls on these topics.
How complex is the war in Iraq? How complex is the job of the President? How complex is the Economy? How complex is nature?
I'm thinking you love polls on these topics.
Just general statistics. I don't have a really good memory of what our text looked like, he mostly just taught on the board.
What school do you go to? Was this last year?
I can find it.
I can find it.
No need really.