On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 12:54:28PM -0000, thuggy666 wrote:
Somebody mentioned the other day that there were around 500 people subscribed to the old list, and around 150 had transferred to the new list. Either way, a sample of 50 out of 500 is big enough that statistically things are unlikely to change with more replies now. (Hell, when they sample the population of opinion polls, it works out as being a fraction of 1% being interview some times. TV Ratings is about the same!)
yeah, tv ratings are based on a tiny sample size, much lower than 1% in the uk i think it's something like 3000 homes, out of several million ~ 0.01% dull trivia jon -- "They didn't know what the symbols and paradoxes meant. Instead of following the finger that points to the moon, they sat down and worshipped the finger itself. Instead of following the map, they thought it was the territory and tried to live in it. Instead of reading the menu they tried to eat it. Dig?" - Miss Portinari