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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
If it's selected properly, it is enough for a good sampling. I have no idea if it was selected properly, although these are actual professional pollers.
None of these points matter for their poll, which was designed *only* to see what Americans in general thought of e-books vs. paper books. An experienced e-reader is still only one individual.
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The "location" question matters. Unless they sample a broad range of American locales, they can't find "what Americans … thought". But sure, 1,000 is enough, and given that the professional pollsters have prepared methods for selecting good random samples from "America", or any smaller geographic area, I have no reason to doubt the sample is sufficient to get a good answer — as long as they ask good questions.