Leaving the community

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 01:48:42 GMT, Jose
wrote:

and there is the problem - can you really estimate or bound the error
from all the error sources (e.g., people not participating or
deliberately lying to the poll)?

Yes.

You cannot "bound" the error in an absolute sense, except to say that it's no bigger than the total population, which is useless. However, if a poll is done right, you can estimate the likely error. For example, "95% of the time, the error will be


Ahhhh... How about setting your line wrap to about 70 characters?

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Ahhhh... How about setting your line wrap to about 70 characters?

Well, that's double edged. Wide line wrap (200 char or so) lets newsreaders that autowrap text do their thing gracefully while preventing buffer overruns, but are a pain for those that don't. Line wrapping at (say) 70 defeats autowrap, but ensures
that older newsreaders (I'd presume very old) handle the post gracefully (unless it's quoted too much).

What's a poster to do?

Jose
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