“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning controversial books”

Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by akudha on Saturday June 19, 2021 @06:34PM (#27565135)

I have a request - can we add the sample size to studies like these, in the HN title?

The sample size is so small that I don’t think this study is of any use.

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Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by FabHK on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:58PM (#27565711)

n = 501 is not good enough for you? Seems decent enough.

"In practice, pollsters need to balance the cost of a large sample against the reduction in sampling error and a sample size of around 500–1,000 is a typical compromise for political polls."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll

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