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Cuban poll is in vain
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Unfortunately the efforts of this poll ("Cubans unhappy with lack of freedom, poll shows") are in vain. Anyone who has taken any basic statistics course knows that in order for a statistical sample to valid it must be random. Quote: It is unfortunate that the organizers could not get to these areas and produce a proper statistical report with true random samples. This is like going to New York and polling the satisfactory level of the war in Iraq and publishing it as a national opinion. I am not justifying Cuban policies in any way, I am pointing out the fact that the results are distorted due to the fact that the polling areas were targeted and do not represent the whole Cuban population. I personally believe this is irresponsible journalism and the repercussions create biases on a large scale that wouldn’t have been if valid information was provided. Jamal Henry
“Organisers said they avoided talking to neighborhood block captains responsible for enforcing revolutionary zeal”
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