On 10/10/07, charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com < charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com> wrote:
"Steven Walling" wrote
You're trying to make an accurate judgment based on 100k of articles
from a
2 million article field? Don't insult our intelligence.
Actually a 5% sample is large enough, if the numbers involved are large enough.
Don't forget that political pollsters frequently draw conclusions about the opinions of millions of people based on 1,000 responses from a sample of people who have land lines.
Johnleemk