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Wed Jan 22 11:21:04 +0000 2020

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Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii

Polling is much less scientific than it is "biased group-think." A scientifically random sample must have a 90% response rate. Today's polls have a 6% rate. Biased because the #Media pays for the polls. Group-think because they are guessing as a group - safety in numbers. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 22, 2020 Hibernated

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After that speech you gave I can imagine. — PolitiTweet.org

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Making great progress in @Davos. Tremendous numbers of companies will be coming, or returning, to the USA. Hottest… https://t.co/d71Cgjo3eN

Posted Jan. 22, 2020 Hibernated

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Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii

Just because a poll may be accurate occasionally does not make it "scientific" any more than me guessing what the weather will be tomorrow and getting it right makes me a meteorologist. Due to truly awful response rates, NO poll is a scientifically random sample. — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii

Polling is much less scientific than it is "biased group-think." A scientifically random sample must have a 90% re… https://t.co/I2mpjssHoY

Posted Jan. 22, 2020 Hibernated

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