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EXERCISE 1
Minutes after the U.S. presidential debate of October 3, 2000, CBS News released
the results of a poll asking a group of registered voters, "Who do you think won
the debate?" The results: 49% said Al Gore, 34% said George Bush, and 17% were
undecided. The poll reported amargin of error of +/- 5%.
(a) Assuming Poisson statistics, about how many people were polled?
(b) Describe at least four possible systematic errors that may have
affected these poll results.
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