This ABC poll only had a sampling of 502 adults

[still_one]

This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by telephone on May 11, 2006, among a random national sample
of 502 adults. The results have a 4.5- point error margin. Sampling data collection and tabulation by TNS
of Horsham, PA

[ixion]

1. hey, hand me that book of the * faithful, let's do a phone poll

I think is probably the way that went down. :evilgrin:

[allthatjazz]

2. must be 502 adults in the * administration

[OregonBlue]

3. Here is the wording of their poll:

It’s been reported that the National Security Agency has been collecting the phone records of millions of Americans. It then analyzes calling patterns in an effort to identify possible terrorism suspects, without listening to or recording the conversations. Would you consider this an acceptable or unacceptable way for the federal government to investigate terrorism? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?

[Brotherjohn]

5. They may as well have said: "They're only after terrorists, and they...

... won't listen! We PROMISE!"

[OregonBlue]

12. Their bias is showing. Hard to say no to this one, but wasn't that

the whole point!!

[lumberjack_jeff]

23. They left out the key word "illegally". n/t

[Coexist]

4. WHAT A BULLSHIT POLL

[raccoon]

16. I think MOST polls are bullshit polls. nt

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. How many would you have sampled to get a 4.5 point margin of error?

:shrug:

[Coexist]

7. KnR - I hope everyone reads this thread

What a push/poll.
Grrr...

[Roland99]

9. Check out the thread in LBN...esp. post #58

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2279032&mesg_id=2279032

[Coexist]

10. Wow. Thanks for that.

Maybe they should do a couple of more polls today, huh?!

[Spazito]

8. A sampling of only 500 carries NO credibility, imo

One has to wonder, as well, why they used a little known polling company rather than a more mainstream one. Oh, and yeah, the question is phrased so that it is, in effect, a push poll. Pure garbage.

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. How many should they have sampled?

And what would the margin of error be?

[Spazito]

14. To get a true sampling, they need to poll at least 1000 which

would reduce the margin of error to around 3%. Polling 500 using the push poll questions is VERY suspect, imo.

[Coexist]

15. Use this site -

http://www.surveysystem.com/sscalc.htm

[Jacobin]

13. Was it a phone poll?

Do you think people answered the way they thought the government wanted them to answer because they thought the government might be listening in?

Just askin'

[Gormy Cuss]

17. 500 responses by phone, which can be adequate for polling

although you need a good sampling statistician on board.

The problem with the poll is the way it's reported suggests that people have no problem with the current revelation that NSA was listening to and analyzing content of phone calls, where the poll asks only about privacy concerns over NSA recording numbers dialed. That's a very different and more benign level of privacy invasion.

The poll is a stinker. There are six questions total. The first three ask about the importance of catching those darn terrorists and then asks the questions about letting NSA mine phone calling patterns. These respondents weren't pushed, they were shoved, and then the news analysts put words in their mouths.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1167265&mesg_id=1167578

[Coexist]

18. Lol!

Good one.

[Hugin]

20. Excellent point!

:thumbsup:

[Hugin]

19. I could hang around in McDs drinking coffee and come up with a more ...

"scientific" poll!

I've said it once... I'll say it again.

POLLS ARE ROVIAN TOOLS!

[obnoxiousdrunk]

21. I trust this poll

How does the report that the NSA is building a database of Americans' phone calls make you feel?

Creepy 76% 130306 votes

More secure 24% 41712 votes
Total: 172018 votes
http://www.cnn.com

[Kber]

22. Was the poll conducted over the phone?

Maybe people are afraid to say they aren't happy with their calls being monitored when they are TALKING ON THE PHONE?

Just saying.

[Coexist]

24. .