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(He) can’t hide behind being a Christian, being a Republican … I’m both of those, and what do people think when you say, ‘Oh, I’m a Christian’ all the time? It has to stop. Arkansas DHS keeps giving Christian conservatives a pass on child abuse

Life sucks, innit?

Not for the faint of heart. If you are easily offended, stay away from this forum!

I guess they didn't cover experimental design in your stats class.

Doesn't bother me. I have no idea who he is, but it's been clear for some time that the P&R Forum leaks upward. As for the stats, if one has taken a course in statistics and doesn't now the difference between a population and a sample, he ought to ask for his money back.

You are correct that what matters is the number of respondents to the population size and the confidence level. However, you don't know the size of the population (which is detailed in the study). Therefore the number of respondents is irrelevant. The confidence level can't even be calculated...

Which doesn't address the question: If only two respondents out a hundred participate, what level of confidence can one have in the result? If you don't know the answer, it's easy enough to google. Or perhaps someone who took a somewhat more rigorous course in statistics would be willing to...

The sampling size is relevant only in relation to the universe of potential respondents. If only two respondents out a hundred participate, what level of confidence can one have in the result?

Actually you didn't disprove anything because you don't know what the sampling size was (see previous reference to the methodology). If you'd rather not find out, that's your choice.

If only a few people out of hundred respond, the results are essentially meaningless. If any or all of the questions are also poorly defined, then the results are even less meaningful. One may as well do a survey of the homeless on their opinions regarding the state of the American economy.

How many respondents out of a hundred does it take to determine a 95% level of significance? You may want to look at that before placing any bets. As for the number of economics and statistics majors on staff, you may also want to look at the reliability of government reports in general.

If you choose to focus on what you bolded, you may want to look at how the survey was conducted in order to determine whether or not your point is what you think it is. It's easy to google. Look at the Technical Appendix on Survey Methodology.

Define "living comfortably". Or "doing okay".

As always, the results of such polls (one can hardly call these results "statistics") must be interpreted. For example, "living comfortably" or "doing okay" may be the result of lowered expectations and living within one's means. This need not and does not translate into buying power. The...

Given that every trader at ET is successful and every trader at ET makes a living off his trading, the casual observer may be puzzled not only by the character of the criticism heaped upon people like lajax but by the quantity of it. He might wonder why -- as these traders presumably have all...

Hard to believe that some of these people are actually middle-aged . . .

If only people would just read the frigging law . . .

Or at least the way it was in the movies. They have no idea how it really was.

As expected reps majority think hate speech is a great idea.