Re: ID cards - What wasn't mentioned about the results of the consultation exercise

[Brian Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:54:22 -0000 in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Owen Lewis"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  This is the devil, isn't it? What *is* a representative sample? Is a
>  sample representative in different places and at the same time? Or in
>  the same place at different times?

Unfortunately when politics is involved, the accuracy of the prediction
is heavily coloured by what the person receiving it wants the answer to
be.

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Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk

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