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[relic]

You should know that Internet polls are inherently unreliable and
unscientific. That is to say, they prove absolutely nothing. Nada.
Zip. Zero. Zilch. Responders are self-selecting -- there's bias
source #1. Anyone might lie. There's source #2. Unless a lot of
hashing and strong crypto is used, errors will creep in from network
unreliability, Microsoft software, and other sources. This won't
produce a systematic bias, but it will make any results approximate,
this destroying any usefulness for making absolute claims rather than
"approximately half of our respondents chose Pepto-Bismol over the
other leading brand" or whatever. So "Everybody except <name>
believes X" and the like are right out. Also, without good crypto,
anyone can stuff the ballot box, alter someone else's vote, or
otherwise corrupt the process, which is bias source #3. There are
probably more bias sources I'm missing, too.

I found her poll to follow the accepted norms of Scientific polling. I
doubted her too, but was satisfied after I looked at her techniques and
data.

 

[chrisv]

You should know that Internet polls are inherently unreliable and
unscientific. That is to say, they prove absolutely nothing. Nada.
Zip. Zero. Zilch. Responders are self-selecting -- there's bias
source #1. Anyone might lie. There's source #2. Unless a lot of
hashing and strong crypto is used, errors will creep in from network
unreliability, Microsoft software, and other sources. This won't
produce a systematic bias, but it will make any results approximate,
this destroying any usefulness for making absolute claims rather than
"approximately half of our respondents chose Pepto-Bismol over the
other leading brand" or whatever. So "Everybody except <name>
believes X" and the like are right out. Also, without good crypto,
anyone can stuff the ballot box, alter someone else's vote, or
otherwise corrupt the process, which is bias source #3. There are
probably more bias sources I'm missing, too.

This was not Rebecca's first poll, she knows exactly how to conduct a
scientific poll. Trust her results.

 

[Twisted One]

I found her poll to follow the accepted norms of Scientific polling. I
doubted her too, but was satisfied after I looked at her techniques and
data.

OK. Then Rebecca won't mind if I ask her to post here the full
methodology, data, &c, including error estimates, regression analyses,
and a mathematically airtight proof that she reached and got answers
from every person who read that post anywhere on Earth, and indeed will
not merely "not mind" but comply with said request.

Well? How about it, Rebecca? I eagerly await the above-requested
information. Until there's been lots of independent peer review of all
of those requested items there's nothing scientific about this, after all.

 

[rapskat]

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This was not Rebecca's first poll, she knows exactly how to conduct a
scientific poll. Trust her results.

Forgers are the worst sort of scumbag.

Usenet identities are free, so get your own you silly bitch.

 

[Toad]

OK. Then Rebecca won't mind if I ask her to post here the full
methodology, data, &c, including error estimates, regression
analyses, and a mathematically airtight proof that she reached and
got answers from every person who read that post anywhere on Earth,
and indeed will not merely "not mind" but comply with said request.

Well? How about it, Rebecca? I eagerly await the above-requested
information. Until there's been lots of independent peer review of
all of those requested items there's nothing scientific about this,
after all.

Bravo Foxtrot Delta

 

[Damian]

Bravo Foxtrot Delta

Big ****ing Deal... say it.