[X4U] Consumer Reports

[T.L. Miller]

On 9/8/05, at 1:22 PM, Peter Saint James, <peterstj at earthlink.net> said:

>         I think the point being made is that the owners surveyed  
>were not sufficiently savvy to correctly report the specifics of  
>their situations and give good guidance, therefore readers were  
>misled.  Perhaps CR should have reported this fact or investigated  
>the responses further to assess accuracy.

They are supposed to go into the qualifications of the people who answer
their questionnaires on TVs, computers, cars, cameras, refrigerators,
etc., etc.? Not going to happen.

>         Surveying people who don't know what they are talking about  
>does not usually bring one closer to truth.

That's why you shouldn't base major decisions solely on their surveys.
Maybe you can get some clues on problems and do your own digging after that. 


Tom Miller
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"The only time we see the middle of the road is as  
we run from side to side." R.O.Clark 
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