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0 pointspmiller25y ago0 comments

They are if they're a representative sample. Margin of error is bounded by 1/sqrt(n) in that case.

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That MOE would be extremely conservative given that the proportion of interest is far from p=0.5; the classical MOE would be +- 1.96 * sqrt(0.9 * 0.1 / 1200) = +- 1.697% -- but of course it's not a representative sample as you mention.

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0 pointspmiller25y ago0 comments

They are if they're a representative sample. Margin of error is bounded by 1/sqrt(n) in that case.

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notafraudster5y ago

That MOE would be extremely conservative given that the proportion of interest is far from p=0.5; the classical MOE would be +- 1.96 * sqrt(0.9 * 0.1 / 1200) = +- 1.697% -- but of course it's not a representative sample as you mention.

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