dividing line. these are meaningless decimal points. i agree with 99.03% of what you just said. what s the margin of error? all polls are within a range. if i tell you president obama in the latest poll is approval rate of 46% plus or minus 3 that s a range. 43 to 49. when you identify in these polls a mar you margin of plus three or four percent you can draw a circle around tons of candidates. some will make it into the debate. some aren t. there is a science to polling and an art to it. not all five polls that will be averaged ask questions the same way. they don t necessarily do likely voters registered voters undecided whether they are leaning. there are things that make poll a different from from b. the quality isn t the same. that makes it even more of a judgment and interpretation. i guess the bottom line is do we really want public polls
they re going to drop the guillotine somewhere in the middle of that list. i m not a pollster but we have one here to tell me if it s as random and crazy as it seems. joining me the director of the merit poll. thank you for being here. it is as random and crazy as you said. when i compared the margin of error to the margin of difference among candidates it looks like nonsense to draw a dividing line. these are meaningless decimal points. so you re exactly correct. i agreed with 99.03% of what you just said. what s the margin of error? all polls are estimates. they re all within a range. if i tell you president obama in the latest nbc/marist poll his approval rating is 46% plus or minus 3, that means it s a range. 43 to 49. when you identify in these polls a mar you margin of plus three or four percent you can draw a circle around tons of candidates. some are going to make it into
marist poll dr. lee miring it is off. it is as crazy as you said. when i compared the margin of error to the margin of difference among candidates it looks like nonsense to draw a dividing line. these are meaningless decimal points. i agree with 99.03% of what you just said. what s the margin of error? all polls are within a range. if i tell you president obama in the latest poll is approval rate of 46% plus or minus 3 that s a range. 43 to 49. when you identify in these polls a mar you margin of plus three or four percent you can draw a circle around tons of candidates. some will make it into the debate. some aren t. there is a science to polling and an art to it. not all five polls that will be averaged ask questions the same way. they don t necessarily do likely voters, registered voters,
hour. a laundry worker making 9.03. once i sign this order as the contracts come up, each of them and many of the fellow coworkers will get a raise. by the way, that includes folks who get paid in tips. they will get a raise too. the tip raise has gone up even slower than the regular minimum wage. as it s good for companies across the country, this will be good for contractors and taxpayers. the opponents of the minimum wage. time and again they have been proven wrong. raising the minimum wage is good for business and workers and good for the economy. puts more money in these folks s