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2009-05-26 , 13:40
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Originally Posted by johnkzin View Post
But only if it's a meaningful sample size, and is an accurate representation of the larger population as a whole. Otherwise, it's just 60 anecdotal opinions, not a meaningful survey (in terms of capturing the desires of the market as a whole).
No. What you say is true with regards to official metrics analysis but not in the context of this discussion. Quim isolated the 60 and placed it into a context even more meaningless than using the poll sample as representative. That was my point.

EDIT: lol... I see johnkzin accumulating some Thanks on that post so maybe I need to explain better.

Forget serious statistical analysis. My point had NOTHING to do with that guys (as a quality analyst I would have been strung up for thinking that poll was scientific).

My point was about removing a number from its contextual confines and juxtaposing it against a number that rendered it meaningless. Keep the 60 within the poll and, while it's not scientific by any means, it offers perspective nonetheless. Pull it out and toss it into an unrelated dataset, and that perspective is utterly lost.

Now-- where's MY thanks?
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