| MikeB said: @ HappySqurriel 24 percent said they are going to watch HD movie discs within 6 months, I don't think this survey was done unprofessionally. Especially consindering the article even states: "Over 60 percent of consumers said they had been put off buying a next-generation disk player due to the presence of two formats in the market" So there seems no confusion between DVD and HD media with regard to this survey like you seem to want to believe. |
Did I say they were using unprofessional methods?
Even if you use the most professional methods the results can still be meaningless. Call up 100 people and ask "Do you have a couple of minutes to be part of our survey on High Definition electronics?" and see how many people are willing to be part of the study; in most cases you would find somewhere between 5% and 20% will be willing to take a survey and no matter how random you sellect the initial 100 people, the people who take part in your survey will not be a random sample. Talk to any professional statistician and they will agree with me.
On top of that, does 60% of people responding yes to "Did the existance of 2 High definition movie formats prevent you from choosing to buy a HD-Movie Player?" really imply that everyone who took part in the study was well informed? On top of that, if 25% of the people who answered no to that question thought DVD was a HD-Movie format it would have a huge impact on the results of the study.
