[Default] Thus spake frijoli :
>Joe wrote:
>> On Aug 14, 12:37 pm, "John Sisker" wrote:
>>> To Whom It May Concern:
>>>
>>> We received this information/press release from the
>>> trades/TravelAgentCentral and thought it may be of interest to this
>>> newsgroup as well.
>>>
>>> Happy sailing...
>>> John Sisker - SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY (sm)
>>> (714) 536-3850 or toll-free at (800) 724-6644 & (Agency ID: 714.536.3850)www.shiptoshorecruise.com
>>>
>>> As the fallout from the YTB case continues, the results from
>>> TravelAgentCentral's online poll indicate an industry divided over whether
>>> the California Attorney General's office is justified in pursuing charges
>>> against the company. We asked agents, "Do you agree with the charges being
>>> leveled at YTB?" and 49.8 percent of the 129 respondents support the actions
>>> of the California AG, while 48.5 percent did not agree (1.7 percent
>>> responded "don't know").
>>>
>> 129 responses is not a statistically significant sample.
>
>It was provided as an observation, not as fact. Everyone knows polling
>is HIGHLY subjective.
>
>Clay
Online polls are only useful for getting an idea of what people who
are willing to voluntarily go to a site will say.
When someone like Harris polls, they contact roughly 5000 people. And
get about 3000 responses. But they do a lot of statistical analysis
in order to extrapolate those to the general population.
Oh yeah, and the difference in the two numbers is statistically
insignificant. You'd need well over 100,000 respondents for that to
mean anything. |