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Originally Posted by sirmaru
The ramifications of that result are fascinating and, since it is not a statistically valid sample of all Amazon eBook readers, cannot be projected unless a properly sampled group of Amazon readers was also done.
Instead of criticizing the poll, why not set up your own poll if you can improve on it?
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Because the respondents are self-selected.
When that's the case, speaking of statistical validity is meaningless.
Online polls are popularity contests and trivial ones at that.