Date:         Fri, 10 Apr 1998 17:24:01 -0700
Reply-To:     "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@CONCENTRIC.NET>
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From:         "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@CONCENTRIC.NET>
Subject:      Re: HEY!!!
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We're not out to prove anything with the survey, just get useful some
info.

I think 100 responses will provide meaningful info.  How many people do
you think they poll in national surveys, in politics, for example.
About 1,200, or less, to make a projection regarding the opinions and
feelings of about 200,000,000 people.  Machine behavior is easier to
predict than human behavior/reaction ... a smaller sample is therefore
needed to make accurate predictions.  In any event, if you needed/wanted
info about wasserboxer head gasket failure, would you rather have the
experience of 100 people to draw on, or the opinions of a few?  We've
got nothing to lose by trying this out.  Everyone's input will help make
it a success.  Let me tempt you, again, to complete the d***n thing.

http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/headsurvey/

John Anderson wrote:

> >Only 40 survey responses thus far.  We need at least 100.  There are
> 850
>
> Oh yeah, 100 will make that a statistically meaningful sample of the
> entire
> vanagon wasserboxer population ever produced.  At a ci wide as the
> atlantic.
>
> John
> vwbus@mindspring.com
>
> (hey I had a few stat classes 7-8 years ago, and agree with the Twain
> quote)