Re: Fwd: FYI: Site Local

[itojun@iijlab.net]

>> 	on the mailing list Margaret asked people who *did not* attend the
>> 	meeting to express their opinions (yes or no), so adding the numbers
>> 	up do make sense.
>I'm afraid not. The problem is that response rates vary dramatically
>depending on how you sample. When people are in the meeting room,
>they're much more likely to respond than when they have to vote
>on a mailing list. This creates bias that makes adding up the
>samples inappropriate.

	hmm, agreed.

itojun