Thursday, August 13, 2009

Quote of the Day (August 13, 2009)

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Our friend Andrew Malcolm, on the statistical significance of a recent Opinion Research poll which government-controlled media outlet CNN uses to try to convince us that Sarah Palin's favorability is in decline:
But wait one minute!

In the last sentence we also learn that the margin of error for the smaller Republican poll sample is +/- 6.5 points. Which means, statistically speaking, that Palin could actually be just about as popular right now as she was in May, despite all the ensuing ethics/resignation/quitting kerfluffle.

Oh, those sneaky medias, leaving such info till the end of the story like that. And this.
- JP

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