The Military Times did not conduct a scientific poll. They conducted a survey.
"From July 8 through Aug. 7, Military Times conducted a voluntary, confidential survey of readers, including active-duty, National Guard and reserve component service members as well as military veterans, retirees and spouses.
About 70,000 subscribers received email invitations to participate. Others were recruited via social media."
If you've reached adulthood without figuring out the difference between a scientific poll, which gives information about a group much larger than the small number being sampled, and a survey, which only gives information about the particular people who knew about the survey and decided to participate, you can ask this guy why Alf Landon had such a disappointing night in 1936.
"From July 8 through Aug. 7, Military Times conducted a voluntary, confidential survey of readers, including active-duty, National Guard and reserve component service members as well as military veterans, retirees and spouses.
About 70,000 subscribers received email invitations to participate. Others were recruited via social media."
If you've reached adulthood without figuring out the difference between a scientific poll, which gives information about a group much larger than the small number being sampled, and a survey, which only gives information about the particular people who knew about the survey and decided to participate, you can ask this guy why Alf Landon had such a disappointing night in 1936.
