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Old 2015-02-24, 16:26   Link #35912
maplehurry
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Originally Posted by Mentar View Post
I have strong doubts about this "study", which was done by the "SED Forschungsgruppe" at the FU Berlin. The FU Berlin is already notorious for being more than just a bit left-leaning, and the "SED studies group"... my. (The SED was the party running Eastern Germany before the reunification).

There were other findings in the same "study" which were plain ridiculous, like 50% of Germans refusing the state's monopoly on the use of force. Completely absurd.

For me this smells like a sensationalist bogus "survey" intended to garner popularity/visibility for the SED Forschungsgruppe.
In this article though, it's mentioned that the poll was done by Infratest dimap polling agency, which is supposed to be a well-known polling agency in Germany ... ?

It's certainly possible that the client "SED" might have done some cherrypicking, and I would like to read through part of the study to examine its validity, but it's going to be in German so that's that for me.

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