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> This is all I need to know

Perhaps you should update your understanding of how polls work and are to be interpreted... if you think you understand statistics better than the WSJ, consider that you might be mistaken.



The WSJ is grossly incompetent when it comes to polling.

https://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OG-AI628_100616_G...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-leads-donald-tr...

Not only the sample size is wrong but also the method. Telephone polling is totally inadequate today. Most people ignore phone calls.


Most people don't understand Bayesian reasoning either, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't. If the polls have no value to you, then you lack the framework to interpret them.


The polls are worthless because not representative why is it so hard to understand?




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