Re: The American Public does NOT want Gun Control
No. The statistical theories allowing inferences about an entire population from facts about a small number of individuals from the population assume that the small number are selected randomly. Here is a remark about "web polls" from the Wikipedia article on "Opinion Poll":
Originally posted by Kaonohi
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Some polling organizations, such as Angus Reid Public Opinion, YouGov and Zogby use Internet surveys, where a sample is drawn from a large panel of volunteers, and the results are weighted to reflect the demographics of the population of interest. In contrast, popular web polls draw on whoever wishes to participate, rather than a scientific sample of the population, and are therefore not generally considered professional.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll
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