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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: green bubble syndrome
Date: 12 Oct 2024 00:53:50 GMT
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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.

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