if the polls used similar ns in the samples ... i disagree now, if the white sample was say 600 and the black sample was 100 ... i MIGHT be more likely to agree with the comment below
At 06:12 PM 1/10/02 -0500, Elliot Cramer wrote: >EugeneGall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >: The Gallup organization posted a video to explain why the the increase in >: black's job approval for Bush is 'proportionate' to the increase among >whites. > >It makes no sense to talk of "proportionate" increases in percentages > >Suppose you start at zero or 99% ... > > > >================================================================= >Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the >problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at > http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ >================================================================= _________________________________________________________ dennis roberts, educational psychology, penn state university 208 cedar, AC 8148632401, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://roberts.ed.psu.edu/users/droberts/drober~1.htm ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
