Excluded Millennials Case Study

Your claim that the CNN poll “excluded millennials” is not accurate. The poll interviewed and asked the same questions to the millennials, however they excluded the results of their subgroups in the age demographic section because its sampling error was larger than +/- 8.5. A sampling error is defined by a statistical error caused by under representation. Therefore, to put N/A does not signify the millennials did not contribute to the data collected, instead that the results would not be an accurate representation of the age group. It states in the CNN poll, “Some subgroups represent too small a share of the national population to produce crosstabs with an acceptable sampling error. Interviews were conducted among these subgroups, but results for groups with a sampling error larger than +/-8.5 percentage points are not displayed and instead are denoted with "NA".” The millennials did have a part in the poll as they fall into different sub groups (race, income, religion) and answered questions that were used in the poll. There was no mathematical dishonesty, in the contrary, accurate representation of each sub group. I believe your characterization …show more content…
You provide no proof of that statement. How is it so obvious? You state, referring to the millennials, “65 million people who favor Johnson/Weld in large numbers. 65 million people who would catapult Johnson/Weld into the Presidential debates.” You provide no proof or data supporting this statement. How do you know these 65 million people will favor Johnson/Weld? In Q1 the poll asked if the election was being held today and they had to choose between these candidates who they would vote for, and mentioned Gary Johnson and Bill Weld as the Libertarian Party’s candidates. The result from the Sept 1-4, 2016 likely voters was 7% and Sept 1-4, 2016 registered voters were 9%. Not above