How to make an unbiased poll.
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Adam Zaius
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04-30-2005 08:07
1: Make each option as simple as possible, do not ever include a reason in the poll choice. Example: Ban pinapple from pizza? - Yes, they taste disgusting and ruin the pizza Bad
- No. Good
The first poll option there is bad because it makes an inference that may not be true. You may not like pinapple on pizza, but find it ok otherwise. 2: Make sure to include a 'dont care / neutral' option. Not everyone has an opinion about your topic, but you can be sure people are going to select something regardless. 3: Group as many poll choices together as possible, ideally simply have 'Strongly Agree, Agree, Dont have an opinion, Disagree, Strongly Disagree' as your options, and rephrase the question to fit. 4: Keep your poll topic as brief and to the point as possible, avoid using words which carry a connotation, try not to support any angle. (The above example written such would be 'Pinapple on pizza?' '* Yeuck' '* Meh' '*Great!') 5: Dont start a poll if the outcome isnt going to be actually used. There's too many polls in this forum as it stands. 6: Public polls are bad. Polls should be an anonymous query, people may have an opinion one way, but vote another simply because it's being shown publically. 7: Dont ever use a forum poll's data to argue a point unless it's a 95:1 style result, with a sufficient number of people voting. -Adam |
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splat1 Edison
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04-30-2005 08:11
No I totaly endorse this topic and or product. But yes he has a point 
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Olympia Rebus
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04-30-2005 09:12
From: Adam Zaius Example: Ban pinapple from pizza? - Yes, they taste disgusting and ruin the pizza Bad
- No. Good
-Adam *waits for some smartass to post this very poll  * Seriously, you made good points in the above post. |
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Buster Peel
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04-30-2005 10:58
From: Adam Zaius How to make an unbiased poll. Why would anyone want to do that? |
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Prokofy Neva
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04-30-2005 11:06
Um, ok, now make a poll with that please? Easier said than done
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Tikki Kerensky
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04-30-2005 15:03
Basically, keep opinion out of the answers.
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Siggy Romulus
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04-30-2005 17:24
Problem isn't that people don't know how - it's that they don't want to do it.
A lot of the polls are made simply to bolster their own opinion - so they are worded to make agreeing with them more desireable.
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04-30-2005 19:19
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See, I can do it.
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