A 1936 sample of six thousand voters made sampling methods famous overnight.

Evidence

George Gallup, one of the pioneers of modern opinion research, who in 1936 had used a small but representative sample of 6000 voters to give an accurate prediction of the result of the American presidential election, thus making the sampling method famous virtually overnight, sent a telegram of greetings to the German pioneers who followed in his wake. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 475

Categorization

• CANDY: Gallup’s 6,000-voter sample nailed the 1936 presidential result and made polling famous essentially overnight — instantly tweetable.
• XREF: connects to: Gallup’s 1936 sample of 6000 voters made sampling method famous — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1925
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Gallup’s 1936 sample of 6000 voters made sampling method famous — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1925

Broader Connections

• Gallup’s 1936 sample of 6000 voters made sampling method famous #corroborates (1.00) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1925