Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice6.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!ccice6!daf From: daf@ccice6.UUCP (David Fader) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: Statistics Message-ID: <335@ccice6.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 12:23:53 EST Article-I.D.: ccice6.335 Posted: Wed Feb 6 12:23:53 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 07:37:38 EST References: <280@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA> Organization: The Wall Of Fog Lines: 31 > >My polls show that most people that were asked by me (over 70%) > >would favor an abortion prohibiting law except in cases of severe > >birth defects (e.g. a condition where the infant is born with no brain), > >danger to the mother's life,incest and rape. > But there's one little problem you seem to be overlooking. What did you do, > go out and ask your friends? Do you find it hard to believe that you and > your friends might share similar political views? What *method* did you use > to make this a valid poll? Dear Dragon. No, I asked people who I thought would be opposed to abortion. My mehod was to ask people. Do you have another method? > If you want to say that 70% of your friends oppose abortion, fine, Maybe you express yourself incorrectly, I usually don't. If I wanted to or meant to refer to my friends I would have. Perhaps you should respond to what I said rather than reading between the lines and putting words in my mouth. > but if you're going to try to generalize from that to > the general public, back it up with a valid method. More stupid assumptions. I never mentioned general public. I suggest you read my article again, preferably with the help of a person who understands English. -- The Watcher seismo!rochester!ccice5!ccice6!daf