Question 2.14

image2.14 A call-in opinion poll. In 2005, the San Francisco Bay Times reported on a poll in New Zealand that found that New Zealanders opposed the nation’s new gay-inclusive civil-unions law by a 3–1 ratio. This poll was a call-in poll that cost $1 to participate in. The San Francisco Bay Times article also reported that a scientific polling organization found that New Zealanders favor the law by a margin of 56.4% to 39.3%. Explain to someone who knows no statistics why the two polls can give such widely differing results and which poll is likely to be more reliable.