Comments on: Fallout from Iraq killings http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/12/02/fallout-from-iraq-killings/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:35:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Andy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/12/02/fallout-from-iraq-killings/#comment-835 Andy Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:16:42 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=329#comment-835 Dang Marmot, You obviously didn't read my post on bad polling this weekend. Toolboy is right, Internet polls are useless. These "news" articles that quote Internet "polls" show that the "journalists" at some of our English-language newspapers in Korea need to go back to school and get an education: something they failed to do in the 4 years of soju-induced haze that they call university. PING: TITLE: More Mainstream Press Idiocy BLOG NAME: Ramblings of a Lunatic More Mainstream Press Idiocy Everything in life causes a controversy, anymore. PING: TITLE: Eyes on Korea: 12-09-2003 BLOG NAME: Winds of Change.NET JAN 9/03 TOPICS INCL: Masterful analysis of reunification, Future of U.S. Forces Korea; South Koreans killed in Iraq; China & Korea fight over ancient history; Josh Marshall on Korean diplomacy; Riots; Bruce Cumings attacks; Hunger strikes; North Korea... Dang Marmot,

You obviously didn’t read my post on bad polling this weekend. Toolboy is right, Internet polls are useless.

These “news” articles that quote Internet “polls” show that the “journalists” at some of our English-language newspapers in Korea need to go back to school and get an education: something they failed to do in the 4 years of soju-induced haze that they call university.

PING:
TITLE: More Mainstream Press Idiocy
BLOG NAME: Ramblings of a Lunatic
More Mainstream Press Idiocy Everything in life causes a controversy, anymore.

PING:
TITLE: Eyes on Korea: 12-09-2003
BLOG NAME: Winds of Change.NET
JAN 9/03 TOPICS INCL: Masterful analysis of reunification, Future of U.S. Forces Korea; South Koreans killed in Iraq; China & Korea fight over ancient history; Josh Marshall on Korean diplomacy; Riots; Bruce Cumings attacks; Hunger strikes; North Korea…

]]> By: Toolboy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/12/02/fallout-from-iraq-killings/#comment-834 Toolboy Tue, 02 Dec 2003 10:19:24 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=329#comment-834 Marmot, I wouldn't quote Korean internet polls, like Naver, as a source of public sentiment. The pooling process and sample procedures lack the basic statistical standards necessary to take a good poll. They attract a confined segment of Korea's population, and the netizens use multiple IDs to skew the results. They're useless. Marmot, I wouldn’t quote Korean internet polls, like Naver, as a source of public sentiment. The pooling process and sample procedures lack the basic statistical standards necessary to take a good poll. They attract a confined segment of Korea’s population, and the netizens use multiple IDs to skew the results. They’re useless.

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