To begin, the researchers collected a random sample of actual applications from entrepreneurs seeking commercial loans for the first time.

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These are the races that cannot be projected when the polls close from exit polls or even from actual votes collected at the sample precincts mentioned earlier.

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Specifically, here are the percentages in our Zogby sample and the actual exit voter poll turnout numbers in parenthesis: conservatives 40% (41%), Democrats 36% (36%), Republicans 35% (36%), independents 30% (28%), white 78% (79%) and college graduates 45% (49%).

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Based on actual surveys and interviews with a random sample of debtors, the profs estimate that in 2003, at least 259, 000, or 15.7% of all bankruptcies, were really business-related.

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Even though the sample card was half of the size of an actual Social Security card, was written in red, and had Specimen written in bold (see above), many people mistakenly thought it was their own Social Security number.

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The quality in our sample below doesn't match the camera's actual capabilities, the constraints of online videos being what they are, but rest assured that the A99 can easily serve up 1080p 60fps clips.

ENGADGET: Sony Alpha A99 DSLR sample shots and video, plus comparison with the RX1 full-frame compact

So Bruce Dohrenwend, the researcher in New York, went and found what he called a gold mine of data, actual combat records that allowed him to verify the claims of a sample of 260 veterans in the original study.

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Deutsch said a sample ballot distributed in advance of the election did not match the actual ballot.

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