On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 09:43:31PM +0200, John Doe wrote:

> Oh great. They asked 1,220 people; not much given that Pakistan has
> a population of approx. 150 million. I'd make a hell of a lot of
> reservations before declaring that 65% of a country's population
> consists of supporters of Osama bin Laden, based on such a small poll.

Your credibility is going downhill, "Doe". Assuming you had any to begin
with. To make such a statement, surely you either know (or looked up)
how to calculate the margin of error given the above data, right?


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