The estimates for job creation are drawn from a fairly large sample size.

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There is some debate as to how exact defensive statistics are, but there is little question that they separate the good from the bad, especially with a large sample size.

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The sample size, of 125, 000 households, is large.

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First, the change of 3% (from 45% to 48%) is not a very significant change unless the sample size of the survey, which is unclear, was sufficiently large.

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