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The problem with cross-tabs

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Nov 20, 2022
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Professor Paula Surridge made a great spot about the problem of looking at a poll's cross-tabs and thinking great wisdom is hidden in them:

Catching up on recent polls and thinking about age effects, found this lovely example of why we shouldn't over interpret cross-tabs. This one has 6% of 18-24 year olds across GB voting for Plaid.

Paula's example is of…

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