Archive for July, 2006

Margin of Error

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

Here, provided for your enjoyment, are the results of a poll displayed, today, on Headline Prime with Erica Hill:

Is It OK To Lie?

52% lying is never justified

65% lying OK to avoid hurting feelings.

source: AP/IPSOS Poll

I just simply could not resist blogging this. What does this mean about at least 17% of survey respondents?

To me, this means that in addition to the margin of error on polls, we need to be aware that the margin of too-frickin-stupid is at least 17%.