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Originally posted by Moral Hazard There is the real problem.

It depends on the methodology. If the sample is self-selecting (i.e. no attempt was made to produce a representative sample) then we can pretty much dismiss the results out of hand. If steps were taken to produce a representative sample (which must be difficult on-line, admittedly) then the fact that it was an on-line survey shouldn't necessarily count against its reliability.

From what I've seen before, though, these numbers are roughly commensurable with other surveys done on the subject (some of which I posted in this thread).

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Originally posted by Renegade It depends on the methodology.

no mater how you filter the respondents the fact remains that they are not randomly chosen from the population (by it being a voluntary on-line survey you've filtered out people that do not use the internet or people who are not inclined to take the time to complete on-line surveys)... therefore you cannot generalize to the US population by this survey; rather, you can only generalize to the population of persons who have internet access and the inclination to complete on-line surveys regarding their views on religion, superstition, and science.

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Originally posted by RickyM you're just a shit version of Moral Hazard. At least he knows what he's talking about.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down