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<p>[quote user="BaltACD"]</p> <p><span style="color:#000000;">[quote user="Sam1"]</span></p> <p> </p> <p>Every poll that I have read showing Americans want passenger trains is flawed. They only include the results from people who could be contacted and responded to the pollster's questions. They do not include the results of people who could not be contacted or people who refused to answer the questions. [/quote]</p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff;">ie. Every poll EVER conducted is flawed! </span>[/quote]</p> <p>Not so! Many polls are structured properly and the results are presented properly. </p> <p>If by flawed you mean poll results are never absolute, although they are frequently presented that way, I agree. But if you are arguing that all polls are flawed, i.e. they don't use proper statistical research methodologies and fail to report the results properly, I disagree.</p> <p>In one instance my team used the results of a properly structured statistical sampling study to show a large corporate vendor that he had over billed us to the tune of more than $8 million. The over billing had occurred over more than five years. We got the money back plus interest and penalties. </p>
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