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Comparing a bad and good survey


Keywords:
TV poll
Description:
On the 18th of February 1993, just after Bill Clinton was elected President of the USA, a Sarcamento TV station asked viewers
Do you support the President's economic plan?
The next day, a properly conducted study reported answers to the same question.
Information:
The results of the two surveys are compared below:
TV poll Survey
Yes (support plan) 42% 75%
No (don't support plan) 58% 18%
Not sure 0% 7%
Source:
Utts, Jessica M and Heckard, Robert F (2002). Mind on Statistics, Duxbury, p 102.
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