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In response to "Everything's coming up David: 58% of Americans own a VCR, 38% a tablet (not including e-readers), 73% have home wife -- (link)" by ty97

I know some people say it's a large enough sample, but of 1030 people?

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Jan 6 '14, 14:26

That just seems too small of a sample to me to say those percentages, especially when half were reached on cell phones.

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In a population the size of the US, that sample size gives a +/- 3% interval wiith 95% confidence - Reagen Jan 6, 14:51 2
- *eyes glaze over*....nm - x Jan 6, 14:54 1
  - he already said he "knew" that! - Reagen Jan 6, 14:58
even the Jags has more fans than that -- nm - budice Jan 6, 14:28 1
- Barely -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 14:34

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