Umm... then you need lots of little samples as opposed to a single large sample to notice any trends.
-Josh On 12/24/05, Markus Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > generally speaking, large sample sizes are *not* required in order for the > sample to be representative > > see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_large_numbers > > > > > > > Deirdre Straughan wrote: > > > > On 12/23/05, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > At the risk of sounding like a jerk, do you really think your site > > gets enough traffic to provide a representative sample of anything? > > > Uh, yeah, that did sound pretty jerky. > > A small sample is nonetheless a sample, especially when it can be compared > to itself via relative number of downloads of different formats of the same > video. Perhaps my sample of viewers is MORE representative of the general > Internet population since my viewers are mostly NOT videobloggers but > "ordinary folks" looking for material about specific topics (Italy, mostly), > rather than searching within the general category "videoblogs". > Videobloggers tend to have every possible video codec installed already; my > viewers probably don't. So the fact that they seem to be successfully > viewing Flash on my site does seem to me to have some useful meaning to the > folks who ask about Flash in this group. > > As for viewership, we are all (even Rocketboom) way out on the long tail, > so I don't see a lot of point in playing "My Feedburner's bigger than > yours." My audience is small but growing, and I'm having fun with it - > that's good enough for me. > > -- > best regards, > Deirdré Straughan > > www.beginningwithi.com (personal) > www.tvblob.com (work) > > -- > > My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us > > http://apperceptions.org > http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com > http://node101.org > http://spinflow.org > http://wearethemedia.com > http://xpressionvlog.blogspot.com > > aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: msandy > spin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ________________________________ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > ________________________________ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income homes are not online. Make a difference this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5UeCyC/BWHMAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
