On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 9:50 PM Justin Mclean <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Ok, cool... so 50% of those that like to reply to, and have time for, > > surveys… > > It probably a little more representative than you may think. While there > might be a couple of assumptions made, plugging in the numbers in say [1] > gives a 95% confidence of 3.3% margin of error or 99% confidence of a 4.4% > margin of error. But hopefully the new survey will explore things along these > lines and give us a better picture.
Unfortunately, such calculations don't help if there is statistical bias[2] involved. Note that bias in this case is a technical term and does not necessarily have anything to do with intent. Source: was a math major. > Thanks, > Justin > > 1. https://www.checkmarket.com/sample-size-calculator/ 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_(statistics)
