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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 2720255" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>It's a pretty well known survey with a long history. Probably wouldn't be too difficult to find out how the respondents were picked. Since the survey itself includes more than just gun questions, I'm inclined to believe them until I can prove a fault to their methods. </p><p></p><p>Also in the article was the following, which shows a very significant sample size. </p><p></p><p>"The General Social Survey is administered by NORC at the University of Chicago, primarily using in-person interviewing. The GSS started in 1972 and completed its 30th round in 2014. The typical sample size was 1,500 prior to 1994, but increased to 2,700-3,000 until 2008, and decreased to 2,000 for the most recent surveys. Resulting margins of error are between plus or minus 3.1 percentage points for the smaller sample sizes and plus or minus 2.2 percentage points for the larger sample sizes at the 95 percent confidence level. The 2014 survey was conducted March 31-Oct. 11, 2014, among 2,538 American adults. The GSS 1972-2014 Cumulative File was used to produce the statistics presented."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donner, post: 2720255, member: 277"] It's a pretty well known survey with a long history. Probably wouldn't be too difficult to find out how the respondents were picked. Since the survey itself includes more than just gun questions, I'm inclined to believe them until I can prove a fault to their methods. Also in the article was the following, which shows a very significant sample size. "The General Social Survey is administered by NORC at the University of Chicago, primarily using in-person interviewing. The GSS started in 1972 and completed its 30th round in 2014. The typical sample size was 1,500 prior to 1994, but increased to 2,700-3,000 until 2008, and decreased to 2,000 for the most recent surveys. Resulting margins of error are between plus or minus 3.1 percentage points for the smaller sample sizes and plus or minus 2.2 percentage points for the larger sample sizes at the 95 percent confidence level. The 2014 survey was conducted March 31-Oct. 11, 2014, among 2,538 American adults. The GSS 1972-2014 Cumulative File was used to produce the statistics presented." [/QUOTE]
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