Some experts, however, argue that exit polls are not reliable tools of measuring minority voters.
Advocacy groups representing Francophone Canadians living outside the French-speaking province of Quebec launched an unsuccessful lawsuit, arguing that programmes for minorities require reliable census data on employment, education and immigration status.
We see a great need for government leaders to make sure that the information they're receiving about these new minority groups is reliable".
Despite the absence of a reliable prevalence estimate, a sizeable minority of asthma patients seem to be turning to complementary therapies.
Even Nancy Pelosi, a reliable liberal who leads the Democratic minority in the House of Representatives, was for letting it expire.
Ms. Thomas said that minority voters were statistically more likely to be reliable Democratic voters.
In a letter to Arbitron, which is based in New York City, Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said he was worried that the new system was "neither reliable nor fair, and may have a dramatically negative impact on minority broadcasting in New York".
Given China's stable natural environment over the years, minority populations on both sides of the Hu Line show reliable characteristics of large numbers.
These findings suggest that, at least for a minority of the men, sero-sorting may not always be reliable.
In the present study, the underlying cause of hypoadrenalism was recorded in only a minority of patient records and we were unable to provide reliable estimates of the incidence of AC by the cause of hypoadrenalism.
