Re: ONLINE-ADS>> Are we surveyed out?

Sean Pfister (seanp_at_cnet.com)
Wed, 6 May 1998 13:24:23 -0700

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George Matyjewicz <mosaic1_at_ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> IMHO, it goes to show the power of the Net (and the
>> stupidity of Net surveys).

And Virgil Huston replied:
>When this obiviously bogus result is removed from the survey data, I would
>guess that its validity will greatly increase.

This isn't a survey. This has the same statistical validity as Hard Copy
polls and the dial-in responses to "issues" solicited by your local
newspaper, which is none.

This shows the stupidity of self-selecting samples. There's nothing bogus
because the results are, well, the results. They don't represent anything
though.

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