QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal Did you read the comments from rail shippers? "= "Origin: New Bedford, MA Destination: Fullerton, CA Days transit average for 2006 approximate 12.5 2005 14=
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QUOTE: Originally posted by BRAKIE QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl There's always trucks. Surely you jest..I use to work in a warehouse and seen loaded trailers sit for 3-4 days before being picked up..We had one truck line to lose a loaded trailer. Seen drivers that could barely speak English ..I worked there for 17 years and seen a lot of trucking companies get "fired" for poor service...
QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl There's always trucks.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal jeaton - ever heard of "sampling"? The likelyhood is that the results of this small sample size can be extrapolated over the entire rail shipper network with a relative degree of confidence. There are other sources of rail shipper views that agree with the general results of this poll. Though a small website, this poll probably represents the tip of the iceberg. Keep in mind, though, the smaller the "sampling", the larger the "margin of error" disclaimer attatched. For all we know, a sampling this small could have a margin of error +or - of 75%.[;)] Well, when you consider that those CBS/CNN news polls on Bush's approval rating represent maybe 1000 participants with an ostensible margin of error of 3%, the LT poll seems more inclusive by comparison. Those 126 participants in the LT poll represent a larger segment of the logistics community than those 1000 participants in the CBS/CNN polls do in representing the views of all Americans. Yet we can assume you do give credence to the presidential polls?[;)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal jeaton - ever heard of "sampling"? The likelyhood is that the results of this small sample size can be extrapolated over the entire rail shipper network with a relative degree of confidence. There are other sources of rail shipper views that agree with the general results of this poll. Though a small website, this poll probably represents the tip of the iceberg. Keep in mind, though, the smaller the "sampling", the larger the "margin of error" disclaimer attatched. For all we know, a sampling this small could have a margin of error +or - of 75%.[;)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal jeaton - ever heard of "sampling"? The likelyhood is that the results of this small sample size can be extrapolated over the entire rail shipper network with a relative degree of confidence. There are other sources of rail shipper views that agree with the general results of this poll. Though a small website, this poll probably represents the tip of the iceberg.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton I am sure every large and small railroad CEO is in hysterics on this one. Out of a grand total of 123 respondents, only 97 use rail service. 49 of them said service was worse than last year and 48 said service was the same or better. Anybody finding this poll of any relavance should write their alma mater and demand a refund of the tuition for their statistics courses.
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