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Sat May-27-06 08:36 AM
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19. Definitely the discomfort with numbers factors in

not the key reason, but it doesn't help

Many people, even highly educated people, don't understand the concept of statistical sampling - how you can sample 200,000,000 people by calling only about 1100. "no one has ever polled me, so it must be wrong".

But then again, if they did understand statistics, the gambling and lottery industries would fall apart, so.....

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