What does ASS stand for?

During 2008, improvements in technology and the number of bookmakers linked to the system used to collate shows that make up the SP meant that the average sample size used in a betting ring increased from the previous average of 11.

To put it in context, the average British woman is a size 16, the average model is a size eight and the average sample size is two to four, the equivalent of the US size zero so fashionable with celebrities.

1 average amount of days between Zogby polls in 2005 1,000 average sample size for a poll 84,607 reported spending in dollars on "opposition research" by mid-July for 2006 elections 2 Million mid-July estimate in dollars of "research expenditures," which may include both opposition research and polling, for 2006 campaign cycle [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sources: National Council on Public Opinion Polls, National Election Pool, Center for Responsive Politics, Campaigns & Elections (August 2004), politicalarithmetik.

Each month's results are tabulated from an average sample size of 200 respondents, and the six month results are based on over 1000 responses.