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So, 95% are perfectly happy with the way things are | 141 comments | Create New Account

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Wont the results be biased?

Authored by: Wol on Thursday, July 19 2012 @ 08:53 AM EDT

I should have mentioned - we had exactly this sort of thing happen in the UK
recently. They did a survey on "should we teach Classics in schools
today".

I can't remember the exact details, but they selected, at random, some 3000
ex-pupils who had studied classics at school, and emailed them the
questionnaire. Typical response rate for that sort of thing is about 5%?

The results were stunning. I think the response rate was OVER HALF the people
replied to the questionnaire. And of those who replied, the OVERWHELMING
majority said studying it had made a major difference to their life.

So over and above the actual result of the survey, the number of responses can
speak for itself, too ...

Cheers,
Wol

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So, 95% are perfectly happy with the way things are

Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 19 2012 @ 09:22 AM EDT

If absolute numbers are better than percentages, why did you immediately convert
your numbers to 5% percentages?

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