Correction from my earlier post, the Hennepin County Medical Society's poll surveyed 600 people, not 800.
Having just watched that travesty of a basketball game last night, I think I got my numbers mixed up with the number of times KG got fouled with no whistle... Even so, 600 for a population of 380,000 is still pretty reasonable considering the typical sample sizes for statewide polls used by the Strib. Mark Snyder Windom Park On 5/28/04 12:00 AM, "Mark Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/27/04 11:12 AM, "Michael Hohmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The survey was limited to registered voters who represent what percentage of >> city residents? > > The poll included 800 people. Anyone who knows anything about polling knows > that's a reasonable number for determining a statistically valid result. > > When the Strib conducts a Minnesota Poll, those samples generally run between > 800-1000 people. > > Some examples: > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/784/ > > obesity (Feb 2004) - 806 polled > > school standards (Jan 2004) - 821 polled > > religion issues (Dec 2003) - 1049 polled > > war/terrorism (Sept 2003) - 817 polled > > Pawlenty approval (May 2003) - 1033 polled > > In addition to these Minnesota Poll examples, I read earlier today about a > national poll conducted by Yale University that surveyed 1000 people. > > http://www.yale.edu/forestry/popup/events/summer04/poll.html > > To understand more about this stuff, here's a description of how sampling > works for the Minnesota Poll. > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/784/701023.html > > It's probably straightforward enough to explain how the Hennepin County > Medical Society's poll was conducted, too. REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
