Carey,

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:09:24 -0500, Carey Fisher - NCS wrote:

> Per the BBC:
> 
> "One in 10 European Union citizens knows little
> or nothing about the new EU constitution, a
> study suggests.

I'm amazed!  Only 10% being ignorant of a political document is a surprisingly small number.  How did they 
tell 90% of the population about it, I wonder?
 
> But half of the 25,000 polled by the EU said
> they would vote in favour of the treaty, which
> faces referenda in many of the union's 25 member
> states."

I don't understand their "But" - I just don't see how a 50/50 split shows much of anything, expecially in 
relation to the 90% more-than-a-little-knowledge figure.  It does annoy me when reporters use inappropriate 
language when quoting statistics - I've seen things like: "Public slam Government's X plans!  52% of those in 
our survey said they were against the Government X plans..."  52% is hardly a "slam" - it's barely a majority!
 
> Huh???!!!

What does this relate to?

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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