Originally Posted by RogueGypsy

So let me get this right. It's alright to support an incomplete, undocumented preliminary study, but it's not alright to question it?

If disagreement bothers you so much, I suggest medication. Life is full of disagreements, you will always have to deal with them and most people are not going to be swayed to your point of view. Most will move further from your view the harder you push.

As has been stated, there is no documentation of the group making it impossible to verify. They could have cruised through Compton, canvased a 2 block area, moved on to Pacific Palisades for a sample then started their study. Or they could have formed a pool from through out the country based on finances, family, work, education, legal and an assortment of other financially impacting issues. Divided that pool into similar groups, then selected equal samples from each group. Or anything in between, but we don't know, do we.

As far as personal observation goes, having lived in 45 cities in 15 states and two foreign countries gives me a little more than your average Jose. I can safely say my personal cross sampling of the nation is far greater than this study entails and I would want much more info scientifically before making statements as they have. Knowing little about statistics is still enough to know, the larger the sample, the more accurate the result.

This thread and this nation would be going so much better if people did question more, instead of blindly following something because they think the source is an authority. Authorities make mistakes, no ones education is complete and having an education in a particular field does not make you an expert. It just makes you think you are one, which is more dangerous than not having a clue. Blindly following party lines is what is destroying this nation. Making assumed accusations of ones party association and through that assumption, assuming their values, is just infantile.