Re: Darwin, Britain's Hero, Is Still Controversial In U.S.


"Mike Marotta" <mercury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Feb 9, 3:29 pm, "Bruce Remick" <rem...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Makes one wonder about the level of education reached among the people
polled, and how many had to be told who Darwin was before responding to
the
question.

Bruce, that was why I went to the HARRIS POLL website. Harris,
Gallup, Pew and a couple of others are well-known for their
statistical reliability. The "level of education" can be expected to
be statistically representative of the USA. They would be
representative for age, income, gender, race, etc. etc., all the
significant variables. That's what makes Harris, Gallup, etc., worth
paying for.

If you read the print edition of USA Today, you will see that their
polls often give the sample size, margin of error and confidence
level. If I recall my stats class, you need to have 1054 samples to
be 95% confident with +/- 3% error.

I was pleasantly surprised to see all the hits when I googled
"statistics help."

Depending on where you live, you can probably take an accredited
statistics class at a community college for $350-$500. It will take
13-15 weeks of commitment, but you will know way more than everyone
else about how polling is done and the mental exercise will help stave
off senility.

I still would be interested in learning if Harris only counted a response
from individuals who already were familiar with Darwin and his work. I also
wonder how much religion might have played a factor, and from there,
demographics. Just the fact that someone would comission such a poll
suggests to me that the was a built in bias and that the originator had an
interest in seeing some interesting results.

Always skeptical of polls and statistics.




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