RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| Re: Don't worry... said by satellite68  : quote:
The findings for the study, "Broadband Access and Service in the Home 2007," are based on a telephone survey of 1,600 randomly selected households across the country. The overall sample has a statistical margin of error of plus or minus 2.5%
Can anyone say flawed statistical methodology? How random? What percentage of those "randomly selected" households were in statisically-favorable-to-the-intended- outcome areas? How many of these 1600 have non-broadband Internet (AKA Dial-Up) or have no Internet access?
IOW: Did they keep calling households until they get 1600 Internet Users and thus rejected 3200 households with no Internet (Thus meaning that Internet access was only 33% of the 4800 households actually called)?
Note: My 3200 non-Internet number is a manufactured number to show how the numbers could be slanted and does not mean that I claim/think the ratio of non-Internet to Internet households is that high. |
