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Originally Posted by Bushbaby
Errrr, back to wikipedia please Nals!! YOUR interpretation of the purpose of a poll is totally inconsistent with that of pollsters!!
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Just because you do something doesn't mean others do it too, but thanks for projecting your habit onto me. Your secret is safe with me.
BTW, that's how every poll was created. Click and read, click and read, click and read.... in the polls forum, of course.
Polls reflect public opinion, unlike research which reflects reality.
Two different things, but of course, you wouldn't know that since Wikipedia doesn't make a distinction between the two.
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Originally Posted by Bushbaby
So forget putting something together which is going to produce reliable information on which to base decision making ....... it is the number of VOTES cast that is the important factor ..  .. .. correct??  ? ~ Grahame. |
Just like the free newspapers of the DR, with their dependence on advertising revenue for their survival.
The higher the circulation, the better!
If people want reliable information, they should do an actual research based on facts, not on the opinions of others.
But, polls on DR1 show what DR1 as a community
thinks of a particular subject, unlike a newspaper which shows what happened blended with the opinion and biases of the journalist and, perhaps, the entire newspaper organization.
Unlike a newspaper, polls offer good and bad options for voters to choose and the results speak on behalf of the DR1 community.
Very democratic.
-NALs