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      12-27-2013, 12:39 PM   #98
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Originally Posted by US///M3 View Post
I think you made it very clear you dont like this poll. Lol
Even polls conducted by professional pollsters have a margin of error.

Let's say about 2,900 members looked at this thread,I'm sure of the 2,900 a good number are previous owners, prospect buyers etc, and remove the 2 or 3 votes you dont think should be included.
Now let's assume we have a sample of 2,500 M3 owners that viewed this thread and 32 had an engine failure.
That's about 1.3% of engine failures...
I actually think the poll was a good idea but it went tits up when owners without a failed engine decided to inflate the result with extra votes.
Also, in addition to the 2900 views you have to add the X,000 members who saw the title, didn't have a failure and so didn't view the thread.
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