Re: California Poll: Nuclear Power Too Dangerous

[Ted de Castro <tdc@XRAYTED.COM>]

Now WHERE do you suppose those error estimates come from??



Looks suspiciously like 1 sd of the number of people polled!



There are SOOOO many error sources inherent in polling - how can they

justify such a simplistic assessment?



How "scientific" is that?



Sandy Perle wrote:

> 

> Index:

> 

> California Poll: Nuclear Power Too Dangerous

> Radiation Victims to Be Compensated

> ==================================

> 

> 

> The Public Policy Institute polled 2,007 California adults from July

> 1-10. The margin of error was plus or minus 2 percentage points.

> 

> The poll by the Field Institute included 1,015 adults and was taken

> May 11-20. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage

> points.

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