Sociology / Soc 0160 · Atom · ~20 seconds
"A Bigger Sample Is a Better Sample"
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Sample size cannot repair a biased sample: how members were selected governs whether a finding generalizes, and no quantity of the wrong people fixes it.
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A magazine poll of two million of its own readers describes its readers, not a country.
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Large biased samples are more persuasive and no more correct.
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