Whats your opinion
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I don't go out with an intention to speed.
I drive at a speed I deem safe for the conditions and road and that's it. Speed limits are arbitrary numbers which at times are dangerous if followed. They are not the be all and end all of road safety if one is to observe and obey every single one - anyone who believes so is an idiot.
I drive at a speed I deem safe for the conditions and road and that's it. Speed limits are arbitrary numbers which at times are dangerous if followed. They are not the be all and end all of road safety if one is to observe and obey every single one - anyone who believes so is an idiot.
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Since when is 48% a majority?
You ought to be careful interpreting statistics, it mght get flung back at you.
[TW]Fox;17209836 said:
It depends, if 20% expressed no opinion and 32% said that they served no purpose, then 48% is in fact a majority.
I assumed that there was a percentage who just didn't care, and you assumed there wasn't. Without that data from the original survey the stats are meaningless. Even with that extra data the stats are meaningless, who did they ask? How many did they ask? etc.
It's interesting the assumptions that people make and how little they understand about stats yet still feel qualified to make comments.
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Lol at you trying to save face and failing
No, 48% is still not be a majority of drivers because there are more drivers who do not "think speed traps on motorways serve any purpose" than "think speed traps on motrways serve any purpose".
And double-lol at you assuming things about the statistics you just tried to discuss, and then in the next breath try to mock people about making assumptions.
Lol at you trying to save face and failing
No, 48% is still not be a majority of drivers because there are more drivers who do not "think speed traps on motorways serve any purpose" than "think speed traps on motrways serve any purpose".
And double-lol at you assuming things about the statistics you just tried to discuss, and then in the next breath try to mock people about making assumptions.
No, you misunderstand (again), we don't know what the options were, we don't know how many people that were asked didn't have an opinion.
In stats distribution terms, 48% selecting an option is actually pretty high unless the survey didn't allow for a "no opinion" option (which they should include to avoid forcing people to make a decision yes/no/don't care), in which case I'm happy to say that 48% isn't a majority, but that the entire survey is meaningless instead.
I didn't mock people for making assumptions, I mocked people for not realising that they had made assumptions, which was pretty much the point of my first post. Without knowing how many options there were you can't say that 48% of people selecting one of the options isn't a majority.
You see, stats, complex stuff, avoid.
Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to avoid stats, I will inevitably be needing basic stats knowledge for the forseeable future 
Anyway I do agree with you on all points you make in your latest post, especially that without knowing what the population and methods of the survey were, it's impossible to draw any valid conclusions from it.
Sorry if I misinterpreted what you said - although I stand by 48% never being a majority, rather (in situations where there is a 'don't care' option, for example) it is simply the largest fraction, with a majority of people not agreeing to that option. In practical terms of course it's often irrelevant that it's not an absolute majority though, as it is the most popular option.
Anyway I do agree with you on all points you make in your latest post, especially that without knowing what the population and methods of the survey were, it's impossible to draw any valid conclusions from it.
Sorry if I misinterpreted what you said - although I stand by 48% never being a majority, rather (in situations where there is a 'don't care' option, for example) it is simply the largest fraction, with a majority of people not agreeing to that option. In practical terms of course it's often irrelevant that it's not an absolute majority though, as it is the most popular option.
