I forgot to mention an easy example: look out for anything that reminds you of calling 100 landline home phone numbers and concluding the average American is a retired 70-year-old homeowner.
The example I was falling back on is a fun exercise I saw on reservoir sampling from the dictionary on your computer. This seems a good methodology to pick how big of a reservoir to make.
That said, I'm curious how it does against different question to the words. For example, is the MOE really the same for such questions as "How many words are more than 5 characters?" and "How many words start with the letter M?" Feels like this should /not/ be the case to me, but I will have fun doing some of the simulations.
That said, I'm curious how it does against different question to the words. For example, is the MOE really the same for such questions as "How many words are more than 5 characters?" and "How many words start with the letter M?" Feels like this should /not/ be the case to me, but I will have fun doing some of the simulations.