The humor of Polls

**Saltspring** · 05-17-09, 01:37 AM

Names are bad I don't want this to turn into another flame thread. I'd much rather consider how much one could influence a poll with the choice of questions.

If you are selling a product you indeed want to have an accurate poll and not influence the result accidentally, but if you are looking for a poll that make people believe a subject has support or not it is in the interest of the poll maker to choose the questions carefully as to influence the poll in their favor.

**Walkerxes** · 05-17-09, 01:40 AM

Originally Posted by Saltspring

Names are bad I don't want this to turn into another flame thread. I'd much rather consider how much one could influence a poll with the choice of questions.

If you are selling a product you indeed want to have an accurate poll and not influence the result accidentally, but if you are looking for a poll that make people believe a subject has support or not it is in the interest of the poll maker to choose the questions carefully as to influence the poll in their favor.

Polls are like Studies, you can skew the data any way you want with the use of proper wording, just like you can do a study on something and get almost any finding you want, just by interpreting the data slightly differently.

**...bigdog...** · 05-17-09, 01:42 AM

obama sucks.

**Red_Lizard2** · 05-17-09, 01:43 AM

Originally Posted by ...bigdog...

obama sucks.

you suck :2

**DJ Ms. White** · 05-17-09, 01:43 AM

Originally Posted by Adretheon

This post is doing the exact same thing you're talking about. Word your post correctly and no one can deny what you're saying. So how bout people stop making threads that start shit.

You ask the impossible ma peche. The probability that people have an agenda biased towards furthering their own view when bringing up an issue is high. Hence why I say probability not probability.

**Saltspring** · 05-17-09, 01:44 AM

Ummmm, I'm not sure how obama fits in BD.

**DJ Ms. White** · 05-17-09, 01:45 AM

Originally Posted by ...bigdog...

obama sucks.

But his wife is kinda hot and not just in the kind of hot "gots loads of power and influence" way that Bush's wife was. If socialism means more hot women, the me lo gusta mucho.

**Red_Lizard2** · 05-17-09, 01:47 AM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Originally Posted by ...bigdog...

obama sucks.

But his wife is kinda hot and not just in the kind of hot "gots loads of power and influence" way that Bush's wife was. If socialism means more hot women, the me lo gusta mucho.

well sweden is socialist-democratic and they have alot of hot women so the future looks good. Though if we go more communist then we get Russian women

**...bigdog...** · 05-17-09, 01:49 AM

Originally Posted by Red_Lizard2

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Originally Posted by ...bigdog...

obama sucks.

But his wife is kinda hot and not just in the kind of hot "gots loads of power and influence" way that Bush's wife was. If socialism means more hot women, the me lo gusta mucho.

well sweden is socialist-democratic and they have alot of hot women so the future looks good. Though if we go more communist then we get Russian women

a swedish obama?

like what? objarna? he'd suck too.

**DJ Ms. White** · 05-17-09, 01:50 AM

Uggh, Russian women just don't...do it. Seriously, Red, you're cultured and edumacated. You should know better. Coincidentally, gin and tonic, while lovely tasting and capable of making me reminisce about my youth camping, is dangerous. DANGEROUS I SAY! Site ban gin and tonic! Catch it's steam ID! We must add it's ID in every instance!