• Alice
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    65 months ago

    Based on the one class I took in college about surveys and mass comm I’d say that’s a good sample size (assuming they were chosen at random). Most political polls survey about 1500 people with 90%+ accuracy

    • Ben Matthews
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      55 months ago

      But how, practically, do you choose any sample “at random” nowadays ?
      Especially if trying to avoid a bias towards (or away from) online people ?

      • Alice
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        45 months ago

        Great question! Back in the day we would pick names at random in the phone book so my info is pretty outdated