▲ -15 ▼ Poll Shows Majority of Americans Oppose Further Aid in Ukraine (scheerpost.com) submitted 3 years ago by shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bumble@beevibes.net 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) A poll of 1,300 is hardly representative of anything. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I mean, this is typical of statistics. The random sampling here means there's a 95% chance the survey result will be within 3.7% of the actual values. According to statistics principles, the minimum sample size is 25 to be able to generate statistically significant data. Granted, the smaller the sample size, the greater the margin of error. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bumble@beevibes.net 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, you are correct permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I mean, this is typical of statistics. The random sampling here means there's a 95% chance the survey result will be within 3.7% of the actual values. According to statistics principles, the minimum sample size is 25 to be able to generate statistically significant data. Granted, the smaller the sample size, the greater the margin of error. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bumble@beevibes.net 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, you are correct permalink fedilink source parent