Jerry wrote:jahitty wrote:i also have to question the validity of this survey, surely with such a big population difference between the two communities how can you gauge a representative response.How were the 'kibrislis' chosen? I must also question the timing of the publication,why now? Are you telling me that its taken nearly 50 years to design and implement a poll of this quality? Or is it a propanda stunt to ultimately end the talks?
The respective population size makes little difference, the larger the sample (in proportion to population) the more accurate it's likely to be, so the TC one is probably a bit more "accurate". What is more important is how the samples were selected. Asking 1000 Gcs leaving a football match and 1000TCs in a village would obviously not give a valid result. Surveys like this can easily be "bent" by asking loaded questions in order to achieve the desired result.
The poll was conducted with a sample of 1,000 Greek Cypriots and 1,000 Turkish Cypriots using face to face interviews at the homes
I also wonder if one tells the interviewer what they really believe in or what he thinks it's popular to say in a face to face interview at one's home, depending on which side of the divide one lives in.
