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Anecdotal Versus Empirical

Some on this blog have argued that they mostly find compelling quantative studies rather than anecdotal stories. Well then I present to you the voting habits of reporters. Does writting a tv drama about sketch comedy mean your a reporter too?

Political Disposition of Reporters

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8 Responses to “Anecdotal Versus Empirical”

  1. boose Says:
    October 4th, 2006 at 7:29 pm

    1. Say it isn’t so!

    2. 52+19+21=92… where’s the other 8%

  2. steve Says:
    October 4th, 2006 at 7:51 pm

    Lol. Good point.

    Taken from the text where that graph came from:

    In March and April 2005, the University of Connecticut’s Department of Public Policy surveyed 300 journalists nationwide — 120 who worked in the television industry and 180 who worked at newspapers and asked for whom they voted in the 2004 presidential election. In a report released May 16, 2005, the researchers disclosed that the journalists they surveyed selected Democratic challenger John Kerry over incumbent Republican President George W. Bush by a wide margin, 52 percent to 19 percent (with 1 percent choosing far-left independent candidate Ralph Nader). One out of five journalists (21 percent) refused to disclose their vote, while another six percent either didn’t vote or said they did not know for whom they voted.

  3. Trampage Says:
    October 4th, 2006 at 8:37 pm

    52+21+19+1+6 = 99 ?

  4. Trampage Says:
    October 4th, 2006 at 8:45 pm

    Seems to me like a incomplete story -only 300 journalists 120 who worked in TV

    300-120= 180 journalists out of how many nationwide- geographically where from nationwide ,which nation - the rest of the story —please.

  5. steve Says:
    October 4th, 2006 at 10:36 pm

    Sounds like you have some more analysis to do. When you get the results post back here so we can all see it.

  6. Diatribe Says:
    October 5th, 2006 at 11:59 am

    Now that you have but Sorkin is a box and see everything he does as one way - how much longer do you think you will be bashing him?

  7. steve Says:
    October 5th, 2006 at 12:25 pm

    I didnt put him there. All I did was correctly charaterize him. I will stop bashing him when it ceases to be fun for me.

    I proably wouldnt bash on him if wasnt so serious about his politics. But he no doubt thinks hes making a solemn statement.

  8. Diatribe Says:
    October 5th, 2006 at 5:49 pm

    You give him to much credit

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