QUOTE(Ottava @ Sat 8th May 2010, 6:58am)
QUOTE(Moulton @ Sat 8th May 2010, 1:34pm)
Pollsters vary their sample size based on a variety of considerations. Bigger samples are more costly to obtain, but yield better accuracy. For some purposes, a sample size as small as 30 suffices, where precision to multiple significant digits is not needed. It all depends on what you are planning to do with the statistics.
A sample size of 30 has a far greater chance of having significant problems than a sample size of 3000, and this pollster took samples closer to 30 per country than 3000 per country.
What?? This was a poll about the religion and opinions of "Arab Americans." You know-- people of Arab descent living in America? There are 22 Arab-league countries (they consitute North Africa, Sudan, and the Arabian peninsula). Almost all Arab-Americans come from fewer than half of these countries (actually, about 8 of them), with neglectable numbers from the rest. If you want to get a good sample, all you need to is make sure you sample proportionately from those. So far as I can tell, that is exactly what Zogby did for the AAI.
Okay, now you and Kohs clearly don't like this. But neither one of your have yet to give any rational reason why you don't. Would you like to try again?
If you think you have an answer different from mine, and you have some good evidence that you do, post your cite. So far, the only citations to anything about this, are coming from ME. You don't like my sources? Let's see you do better.
http://www.prejudiceinstitute.org/Factshee...bAmericans.htmlQ: How many Arabs came from what countries?
A: 47% came from Lebanon.
15% came from Syria.
9% came from Egypt.
6% from Palestine.
3% from Iraq.
2% from Jordan.
18% from 16 other countries.
QUOTE(Herschelkrustofsky @ Sat 8th May 2010, 1:37pm)
QUOTE(Ottava @ Sat 8th May 2010, 9:44am)
For some reason, I think Indonesia has the largest Muslim population per country. I could be wrong, but it was something that shocked me when I heard it on the news.
Indonesia is one of the most populous nations on earth, period. Americans are somewhat oblivious to the rest of the world. That's why they are so susceptible to things like the Evil Muslim Conspiracy Theory.
Indonesia has more Muslims than any country in the world. More than Pakistan.