Comments on: Albania’s Population 80% Muslim http://www.albanianeconomy.com/news/2009/10/13/albanias-population-80-muslim/ Your News from Albania Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Lorenc http://www.albanianeconomy.com/news/2009/10/13/albanias-population-80-muslim/comment-page-1/#comment-2410 Lorenc Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:36:26 +0000 http://www.albanianeconomy.com/news/?p=2134#comment-2410 Since the survey was intended for something else, I will make the [arguably risky] assumption that the sample selection was done well enough to get a representative sample for that purpose. Is there any information that could help determine the fitness of the data for religious affiliation estimates? The sample size is certainly large enough, but is it really a geographically dispersed random sample? Given the extreme regional variation of religious affiliation in Albania, one could easily obtain even a sample of ten thousand families that are almost all of the same religion. Since the survey was intended for something else, I will make the [arguably risky] assumption that the sample selection was done well enough to get a representative sample for that purpose.

Is there any information that could help determine the fitness of the data for religious affiliation estimates? The sample size is certainly large enough, but is it really a geographically dispersed random sample? Given the extreme regional variation of religious affiliation in Albania, one could easily obtain even a sample of ten thousand families that are almost all of the same religion.

]]> By: Randall Davis http://www.albanianeconomy.com/news/2009/10/13/albanias-population-80-muslim/comment-page-1/#comment-2408 Randall Davis Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:53:26 +0000 http://www.albanianeconomy.com/news/?p=2134#comment-2408 Jehovah's Witnesses are considered a dangerous cult in many European countries and definitely under investigation because governments are concerned by the mind manipulation, child molestation cover-ups, breaking up of families due to shunning, as well as other atrocities taking place within the religion. Victims of Watchtower hard-line organizational policies are speaking up to government officials about their experiences and they are responding with assistance. Jehovah’s Witnesses are considered a dangerous cult in many European countries and definitely under investigation because governments are concerned by the mind manipulation, child molestation cover-ups, breaking up of families due to shunning, as well as other atrocities taking place within the religion.

Victims of Watchtower hard-line organizational policies are speaking up to government officials about their experiences and they are responding with assistance.

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