Jason Alexander vs. The Field of Statistics
As if hanging out with advocates of genocide wasn't bad enough, now Jason Alexander has to go and try to violate the laws of mathematics.
The "One Voice" campaign, backed by Alexander and several other Hollywood celebrities, seeks to gauge the feelings of ordinary Palestinians and Israelis on core issues in the conflict through an Internet referendum.
OK, so it doesn’t really violate any laws of mathematics. Still, one has to wonder as to its methodological rigor:
Several people have expressed concerns regarding the representativeness of this Web survey, or any other Web-based survey. A common argument is that respondents self select themselves, and this introduces a bias... For Web-based surveys, well established correction factors do not yet exist.
The "One Voice" campaign, backed by Alexander and several other Hollywood celebrities, seeks to gauge the feelings of ordinary Palestinians and Israelis on core issues in the conflict through an Internet referendum.
OK, so it doesn’t really violate any laws of mathematics. Still, one has to wonder as to its methodological rigor:
Several people have expressed concerns regarding the representativeness of this Web survey, or any other Web-based survey. A common argument is that respondents self select themselves, and this introduces a bias... For Web-based surveys, well established correction factors do not yet exist.
