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Support for NATO Air Strikes with Plenty of Buts

Methodology

Results for the main survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,488 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period March 24-28, 1999. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects is plus or minus 3 percentage points. For results based on either Form 1 (N=744) or Form 2 (N=744), the sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Results for the U.S. foreign policy survey are based on telephone interviews among a nationwide sample of 1,008 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period March 24-28, 1999. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of opinion polls.

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