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Originally posted by mike059
I have an innate distrust of polls, any beginning statistics student can tell you how to skew a poll to promote your interests. it is the GI-GO factor in action. the main question for any poll is who is paying for this????
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More agreement with Mike. Polls only show the answers to specific questions - they don't capture the nuance of peoples' thoughts on a situation till you start asking more detailed questions (would you support attacking Iran if......).
Lies, damned lies and statistics.