From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhb5b!smb Newsgroups: net.tv Title: Re: Nielson sample size Article-I.D.: mhb5b.226 Posted: Tue Mar 22 23:06:34 1983 Received: Wed Mar 23 19:08:51 1983 References: <316@hou5a.UUCP> 1500 is around the standard sample size for most national opinion polls; I suspect that they know what they're doing. The question, though, is whether they have adequate samples for smaller subgroups. --Steve