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Statisitcally 1000 is a big enough sample to say quite confidently that the result sreflect the public mood.
Very few surveys will have samples larger than this because the extra accuracy gained is relatively small but the time and cost quite large........
Only when the people are random, of a random social class, random area, random gender, random age, etc.
If this was a vote made by the Sun, then you get a specific type of person responding which might not display the public opinion as accurate as it ca be done in such votes (which isn't always that accurate, really).
Btw Toad, totally different question, when studying economics what level of maths do you think is required?
I know the Guardian always makes a point of mentioning how the survey was conducted, not sure about other papers, I would be a bit doubtful if the results were given with no indication of how they got them......
I would say that A-level (age 17-18) standard is definately useful but certainly not vital.
As far as I know every undergraduate degree has a Maths course in the first year that will teach you what you need to know for future courses, if you were to pay attention in that then you will be fine.
My mate didn't do A-level Maths (I did) and he gets higher marks than me normally, including the more Maths heavy courses so it doesn't need to be a problem...........
Well yes. They mean the opposite thing.
Did you feel that people watched your every move ? Did you find that people didnt speak to you or were afraid to approach you ?
lonsight ...asian irish white english.
what has changed since 9/11 is the arab area ...they are very nervous of big white skinheads like me being in town and with good reason. where there was once a very cheery welcome and lots of banter there is now serious tension.
that's not the fault of the people on the streets ...in the shops and restuarants. the fault lies firmly with the politicians and the press. we were doing fine until we were told to be afraid.
here in north wales it is very strange. the welsh are extremely racist toward the english. they are fine with asians and orientals but blacks ...oh no way!
two black guys came to visit me. i wasn't home and they weren't sure of exactly where i lived. they went and had a couple of pints in the local and asked about me. no one would tell them anything. when i did arrive home the police were waiting outside my house ..."do you know any black people"? err yeah quite a lot why? "two of them have been in the area looking for you" ...and how mr plod would you know ...has somthing happened? "nothings happened but the people in the area kept an eye on them till they were seen leaving town ...we couldn't get any officers here unfortunately ...do you want to check your property before we leave"?
i told them to piss off. made a phone call and sure enough it's two good freinds i haven't seen in a while ...one being a postman ...is that fear and ignorance or what? i just wouldn't want a copper living next door to me ...whatever fucking colour he was.
And 75% are white.
What's your point?
At present the total ethnic minority population in the UK is about 5.5%. Less than 6 million in a population of over 60 million.
now this is a statistic
My point? Answering Becky's question.
Whats your point?
Woudn't they be about 3-4 million then?
*is one of the 390,000*
There are many ways to f*ck the system, my young padawan...
Also, questionnaires are hardly accurate on measuring attitudes, can be rigged and lack validity.
it would have given a truer picture if it had done a number of different surveys ...of different groups of people ...pensioners ...country folk ...inner city teenagers ...people with experience etc. that way the figures would paint a truer picture of the nations feelings and who exactly is feeling what.
I get that in Bristol. Can't say it was any different in Portsmouth.
my area, i am technically a minority as in white/nonwhite goes...
but do yu think they are just afraid to approach you like they would any other race ?
see cos its like me when I walk down the street im in a world of my own an i dont notice anyone.
Do you not think its more a thing of they dont know you so they dont speak ?
Its hard for me to stike up conversation with just anyone in the street
To be honest Becks the looks I get when in somewhere like Somerset is usually because they don't really see a lot of Black people and I imagine it would be the same if I was White and had green hair. Its not something I take offence at, in fact I feel like a celeb when I walk into a country pub and conversation stops.
:cool:
lol, its as bad as that
I love it if someone stares at me and im in a bit of a funny mood and I start waving to them and say "hi", then they look away in disgust
So when I'm a victim of racism (like I am in Bratfud sometimes) if I went and burned down half of Manningham it'd be excusable?
Err, no.
About that Sun article though: so what if it is true? The telling line was "they want to come here to work"- if they want to work they're welcome here with open arms, IMHO.
Rubbish. Got any evidence?
For safety's sake, i would never live in a black area
"Them", "Us"...
No, but I bet you wouldn't live in the worst white council estates either.
It's not black, it's not white, it's not greeen, it's POVERTY that causes crime. Nothing else.
So take your racist filth elsewhere.
I wasn't describing living on a council estate but a mostly owner-occupied, not 'poor' in any obvious sense inner-city area, where a disproportionate amount of crime was being committed by some black people.
So take your poor analogies elsewhere.