[90730] in Cypherpunks
Re: Survey: Police Satisfaction [CNN]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rabid Wombat)
Sun Nov 23 00:00:43 1997
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 22:11:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
cc: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>,
Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer <cypherpunks@ssz.com>
In-Reply-To: <199711230317.WAA22649@users.invweb.net>
Reply-To: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, William H. Geiger III wrote:
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> In <199711230158.TAA04577@einstein.ssz.com>, on 11/22/97
> at 08:58 PM, Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com> said:
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> >> The study was based on a survey of 6,421 people, age 12 and older,
> >> and used a sample of residents chosen to represent an entire
> >> population. No margin of error was given.
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> 6,000 people and that represents the whole country of +250 Million.
>
> Ahhh Statistics the Mathematics of Lies.
>
Statistics are used by scoundrels to impress fools.
-Ben Franklin