Know anything about stats?

[andrewducker]

I don't know enough, my resident stats hottie has a headache from staring at a screen all day, and I'd really appreciate whatever useful info you can add to this thread on this post, as to whether the differences are actually significant.

Thanks!

Comments

[marrog.livejournal.com]

I think there's a problem right there with the fact that Sandworm is addressing a whole different issue from the one the poll does. The poll didn't say: "X people believe this and they are a representative sampling of Americans." It said: "This 500 person random sampling over here believed almost 15% differently from this 500-strong random sampling over here based on a language distinction that didn't actually mean anything on a practical level." Until you're both answering the same question, you might have problems.