Survey size

Feb 4, 2026
6 hrs ago
1

Editor,

In last Friday’s edition a survey of a tiny sample of 280 Redwood City’s 82,000+ residents was reported “Survey: Redwood City engages inclusive community,” an amazingly small sample, equivalent to .0003% of all of the residents.

(1) comment

Terence Y Feb 4, 2026 8:20am

Thanks for your letter, Mr. Arum. In the article, we’re lucky the reporter revealed the survey sample size to be 280 people. You are correct to question the results of the survey because these days, anyone with ulterior motives pushing a desired narrative will cite a survey, no matter how skewed, assuming everyone will accept the results regardless of how flawed the survey is. You would think there would be standards when reporting results from surveys, such as your cited statistics, but these days, that’s not the goal – pushing a desired narrative is. I wonder who commissioned the survey.

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