"The Nature of Polls" Topic

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25 Aug 2018 9:07 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill

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Editor in Chief Bill	15 Feb 2018 7:38 p.m. PST
All polls should either be educational or funny. True or false.
robert piepenbrink	15 Feb 2018 7:44 p.m. PST
True.
jeffreyw3	15 Feb 2018 7:51 p.m. PST
educational.
zoneofcontrol	15 Feb 2018 7:57 p.m. PST
True: Educational or Funny. I'd even accept Educational AND Funny.
Stryderg	15 Feb 2018 8:55 p.m. PST
False. They may also satisfy the pollster's curiosity, no matter how pointless it seems to everyone else. You don't have to respond, or even read them. Although, funny is a plus
Winston Smith	15 Feb 2018 9:15 p.m. PST
Zardoz
Doctor X	15 Feb 2018 10:07 p.m. PST
You were supposed to ask who defines "educational" and "funny".
FingerandToeGlenn	15 Feb 2018 11:13 p.m. PST
I suppose we're not going to worry about identically distributed random samples of size 1024 or greater, right? Therefore, the answer is false for polls conducted on days not ending in Y.
Winston Smith	16 Feb 2018 12:04 a.m. PST
What difference does it make after all these years?
Dschebe	16 Feb 2018 12:33 a.m. PST
All and none of the above. :)
Green Tiger	16 Feb 2018 2:08 a.m. PST
Maybe there should be regular (annual?) re-runs of significant/useful polls. It seems to me that the pursuit of the new leads to some rather silly subjects?
legatushedlius	16 Feb 2018 3:15 a.m. PST
All polls should relate to military or modelling subjects only. Yet to see one which is funny, only tragic.
ZULUPAUL	16 Feb 2018 3:18 a.m. PST
True but keep them to wargaming & history. I dislike polls of "your favorite song of..(fill in the blank with obscure band name))
jeffreyw3	16 Feb 2018 4:15 a.m. PST
Paul, I'm guessing the "favorite movie" polls fall under the "Funny" category?
etotheipi	16 Feb 2018 5:13 a.m. PST
Wrong scale.
Ed Mohrmann	16 Feb 2018 5:37 a.m. PST
No opinion…
Vigilant	16 Feb 2018 5:42 a.m. PST
+1 Zulupaul
Joes Shop	16 Feb 2018 6:11 a.m. PST
False.
pzivh43	16 Feb 2018 6:32 a.m. PST
+2 to Zulupaul
StoneMtnMinis	16 Feb 2018 7:31 a.m. PST
I don't game this period.
Legion 4	16 Feb 2018 8:25 a.m. PST
True … a little humor is good and of course educational is always a good thing …
MajorB	16 Feb 2018 12:57 p.m. PST
None of these/no opinion
ochoin	16 Feb 2018 1:52 p.m. PST
Polls, like everything on TMP, can be taken or left. So I'm with MajorB.
Old Contemptibles	17 Feb 2018 1:02 a.m. PST
True
deephorse	17 Feb 2018 3:22 a.m. PST
All polls should either be educational or funny. This should reduce the number of polls by around 99% then.