Journal Science Rejects Zogby telephone polls as Scientific

[dude58677]

MS# 1145712

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The article MS# 1145712 was stated that online polls were unscientific because they are self-selected with no cross section as it was obvious that there was a huge discrepancy between online polls and telephone polls concerning Ron Paul.

 

[kylejack]

I'm confused.

 

[dude58677]

I submitted an article to the journal Science(peer reviewed journal) saying that online polls are unscientific as they do not measure sampling probability. I mentioned Ron Paul winning the online MSNBC polls and mentioned Zogby/Gallup having him low in the polls. The jounral Science rejected my submission.

 

[DrStrabismus]

I don't think your method of determining the merits of the polls is scientific either...

 

[dude58677]

Real science is peer reviewed and these telephone polls failed the peer review test.

 

[4Horsemen]

Has anybody gotten a phone call from these pollsters? Who do they call, nursing homes, retirement communities?

 

[drinkbleach]

I've never been called in all honesty.

 

[kylejack]

Has anybody gotten a phone call from these pollsters? Who do they call, nursing homes, retirement communities?

I have.

 

[NewEnd]

You should not have mentioned online polls. That detracts from the issue of landline telephone polls.
If I had the time, I would find numbers on how many people use a land line exclusively, how many people use a cell phone exclusively, how many people use both, and since Zogby claims to use a cd from 2002, how many people have moved since 2002.
But there was no need to mention ronpaul or online polls, which are drastically unscientific.