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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Just to be clear, polls like this aren't going to give you any actual or usable information.
• Sample size is way too small
• Sample is not representative (as you aren't polling the downloaders, or the population at large)
• Sample population is self-selecting (i.e. only people who are on MR and are interested in the topic will even bother to read the post, let alone vote)
Granted, it's cheaper than hiring Gallup.  But I don't think you'll find any real answers this way. |
ALL forum polls are likely (almost certain?) to have small, non-representative, self-selecting samples. So, you seem to be saying "don't expect reliable data from any of the polls", which is true enough in that none of them are properly managed double-blind trials.
Even so, I find many of the polls interesting.
What constitutes a
real answer, in any case? Is there any way in which I can find any real answers? I once read a survey that said there wasn't.