Friday, January 20, 2006

Surveys don't say... but should

Kevin Drum, after referencing a survey that indicates that respondents lie, suggests:

How about the following standard disclaimer instead:

Due to well known problems of statistical error, question wording, question order, respondent dishonesty, and poor survey design, the results of this poll are probably not accurate to within more than 10 percentage points. Caveat emptor.

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