>Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:44:52 -0700 (PDT) >From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: re:Fw: [globalnews] Poll: Americans Support Cutting Aid to >Israel, No Longer Consider Terrorism #1 Issue >To: Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Dear Allan, > >Please Fwd: > >Stephen, > >You are correct in establishing the framework of >shotty statistics. In 1979 only 2 organizations in >the U.S. were reputable statisticians. Gallup was >one. >It has to do with the way data is handled in order to >prevent bias. It is done through a refining method to >obtain a valid cross section of the public. The work >is difficult and adurous. > > <according to a Time Magazine/CNN poll released> > >However what we see here is bias in the names. First, >these organizations are news organizations, expert in >manipulation of public opinion. > >About the same year, 1979, in the Raleigh Research >Triangle area, a Japanese firm, Mitsibishi I think, >was in search for someone to do the equivilent of >junior college statistics. Now remember that, 3 of >the top ten universities in the U.S. are in the same >area; NC State, Duke, and Chapel Hill. So, who got >hired? Someone with a Masters Degree to perform >Junior college statistics. > >Michael. > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax >http://taxes.yahoo.com/
