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Thread #56164 Message #881385
Posted By: Bobert
03-Feb-03 - 11:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bush Calls in his War Salesman
Subject: RE: BS: Bush Calls in his War Salesman
Dougie:
What is it that fascinates you about polls. I had a real interesting stats teacher in college, Dr. Snellings, who was of the opinion that statistics and polls could be squewed to prove anything that anyone wanted to prove or disprove. They are totally meaningless. If you were to allow me and someone like Dr Snellings to construct the questions and set up the structure of how they would be presented, I could get you a 90% disapproval rate on Bush's handling of Iraq...
If you were find a pollster who would be honest with you, you'd find that this is indeed the nature of the beast. That is why you won't find me quoting polls.