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From: Wilf <wilf21@is.invalid>
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On 12/10/2024 at 01:53, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2024-10-11, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>> On 2024-10-11 05:51, Wilf wrote:
>>> On 10/10/2024 at 17:28, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> Apple sold 2.5 BILLION iPhones (as of 2023, so not counting 2024),
>>>> and you are trying to tell us that a survey of 1000 people is
>>>> significant?  Quick question: How many times do you think 1000 goes
>>>> into 2.5 billion?
>>>
>>> If the sample is chosen properly (and that's the critical part),
>>> results from a small but representative sample of the whole
>>> population can be statistically significant.
>>
>> Do you have evidence that the sample pop was chosen properly?
> 
> He does not. If that were known, we wouldn't be having this
> conversation.
> 
Indeed so - I've made my point that I know nothing about how the sample 
was chosen - it might be good, it might be bad.  My point, again, is 
that the small sample size does not in itself invalidate the result.

-- 
Wilf