SOCIOL 5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: The Literary Digest
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Literary digest 10million poll (poll guessing fda win) Probability sampling theory reveals a crucial but counter-intuitive point about sample size: size of a sample needed to accurately estiamte a value for population depends very little on size of pop. Ex. same size sample needed to estimate with a given degree of precision, the proportion of left-handed people in the us, as is needed to make the same estimate. Link b/n pop size and sample size cuts both ways. Good sample depends on more than probability sampling theory. Survey results dependent on on the form wording and context of questions asked as they are on the sample of people who answer them. Do you think us should allow public speeches against democracy. Answers to survey questions always depend on form in which question is asked. Closed: which of the following is the most important problem facing the country today a,
