USNEWS 2010 Rankings

UCLAri
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:39:27 +0000

Just noticed this quote from you, Phead:



Dude, 46% response rate is EXTREMELY good and is statistically significant. 46% is considered a very good response rate for a mail survey.



Technically, it’s not “statistically significant.” That’s a different issue, and “significance” merely means that there is statistical evidence that something did not happen randomly.

A large sample just means that a result is less likely to be biased.