Well, for a short period of time, you represented all of the radio-listening crackpots in that area of the country. Crackpots deserve representation, too, don't you think?
One of my former colleagues went to work for Arbitron. On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 10:28 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 7:16 PM Melissa P <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Kevin, you've never taken a class in statistics? >> > > Two classes, so I know full well that one crackpot in the representative > sampling can dilute the results. > > In college we had an NPR Jazz radio station on campus and a student-run > grunge radio station (because it was in the state of Washington in the > 1990s). One day in the mail I received notification from Arbitron that they > wanted me to participate in the radio survey. Naturally, I was the crackpot > in question, only because I told the truth: those were the only stations I > listened to, and at very odd hours. When the ratings book came out, I > represented some 13k people. And the drunk overnight DJ at the jazz station > went from #17 to #2 in his time slot. > > > >> >> On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 3:40 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> well… look at TV ratings, determined by a few thousand people. >>> >> -- >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CA%2B_fQPwhKdufuZyHtyPVx-Dz%3D%2ByR6%3DM1aa%3DMdK4jHtV%3DBA0UZQ%40mail.gmail.com.
