President Obama's approval rating stands at 56 percent, a new CBS News/ New York Times poll finds, exactly what it was last month. On specific issues, however, Americans are less enthusiastic about his performance. (35% Dissaprove) http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/24/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5337798.shtml
RCP Poll President Obama Job Approval RCP Average: +10.8% Details Approve 51.8% Disapprove 41.0% http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html Both from September..Explain the disparity perp. You could argue one is biased for, and one against. So I suppose his actual approval rate is most likely around 54%. On Oct 4, 1:23 pm, Perplexed <[email protected]> wrote: > The general idea is that biased samples are less likely to contain > numbers proportional to the whole population. For example, if a person > wants to find out what most Americans thought about gun control, a > poll taken at an NRA meeting would be a biased sample. > --------------- > > A lot of words there Indo, none of them having any relevance. Fox > News has been showing Obama's approval rating well above the RCP > average for months. If they were so biased as you claim, that > wouldn't be the case. > > On Oct 2, 1:49 pm, LimboIndo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > <<The latest Fox News/Opinion Dymanic Poll>> > > In related news 89% of crack users will suck your junk for a rock. > > > Holy shit, I guess the majority of Americans are cock suckers. > > > Fallacy: Biased Sample > > >http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/biased-sample.html > > > Also Known as: Biased Statistics, Loaded Sample, Prejudiced > > Statistics, Prejudiced Sample, Loaded Statistics, Biased Induction, > > Biased Generalization > > > Description of Biased Sample > > This fallacy is committed when a person draws a conclusion about a > > population based on a sample that is biased or prejudiced in some > > manner. It has the following form: > > > Sample S, which is biased, is taken from population P. > > Conclusion C is drawn about Population P based on S. > > The person committing the fallacy is misusing the following type of > > reasoning, which is known variously as Inductive Generalization, > > Generalization, and Statistical Generalization: > > > X% of all observed A's are B''s. > > Therefore X% of all A's are Bs. > > The fallacy is committed when the sample of A's is likely to be biased > > in some manner. A sample is biased or loaded when the method used to > > take the sample is likely to result in a sample that does not > > adequately represent the population from which it is drawn. > > > Biased samples are generally not very reliable. As a blatant case, > > imagine that a person is taking a sample from a truckload of small > > colored balls, some of which are metal and some of which are plastic. > > If he used a magnet to select his sample, then his sample would > > include a disproportionate number of metal balls (after all, the > > sample will probably be made up entirely of the metal balls). In this > > case, any conclusions he might draw about the whole population of > > balls would be unreliable since he would have few or no plastic balls > > in the sample. > > > The general idea is that biased samples are less likely to contain > > numbers proportional to the whole population. For example, if a person > > wants to find out what most Americans thought about gun control, a > > poll taken at an NRA meeting would be a biased sample. > > > On Oct 2, 7:30 am, "d.b.baker" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > [Q] - “The latest Fox News/Opinion Dymanic poll is chock-full of bad > > > news for the president. But on foreign policy, the results are nothing > > > short of stunning. On who they trust more to decide the next steps in > > > Afghanistan, 66 percent say military commanders, while only 20 percent > > > say the president. Even Democrats have more faith in the military > > > commanders (by a 45 to 37 percent margin). On Iran, 69 percent say > > > Obama has not been tough enough, including 55 percent of Democrats. > > > Sixty-one percent favor a U.S. military action, if needed, to keep > > > Iran from getting nuclear weapons. Fifty-one percent think Obama > > > apologizes for American too much. . . . In short, Obama has already > > > achieved what it took Jimmy Carter an entire term to attain: the > > > conviction of a large majority of the American people that he is not > > > protecting our interests or performing adequately as commander in > > > chief.” -http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/112352 > > > > I don't understand. President Obama just signed an executive order > > > banning federal employees from texting while driving.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
