Quote:
Originally Posted by NALs
Currently [Dec 2, 2007], here are the percentages of each category (these will be used to compare the results of the new poll):
A) Family, friends, or acquaintances (including lovers) 13.79%
B) Sense of adventure 10.34%
C) In search of a simpler life 13.79%
D) Job or career related 20.69%
E) The country (culture, weather, natural beauty, etc) 20.69%
F) Retirement 10.34%
G) Escaping problems in your country 0%
H) Other 10.34%
-NALs
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These were the results in the other version of this poll when it reached a participation of 30 voters:
Due to differences in the way the percentages were calculated by DR1's software in the multiple choice version, to make the comparison, a quick calculation resulted in the following % of each category:
A) Family, friends, or acquaintances (including lovers) 14%
B) Sense of adventure 18%
C) In search of a simpler life 18%
D) Job or career related 12%
E) The country (culture, weather, natural beauty, etc) 20%
F) Retirement 11%
G) Escaping problems in your country 2%
H) Other 6%
As its clearly visible, the results from the multiple choice poll vs. this one were mostly similar.
A divergence of 0 percentage points can be observed for choices:
A
2 to 3 percentage points for choices:
E, F,G
4 percentage points in choices:
C, H
And more than 8 and 9 percentage points in the following choices, respectively:
B, D
For an even clearer view, here are the results of each choice in each poll (the left is for this poll and the right is the multiple choice poll, the one's with divergences with 3 or less percentage points are in blue; divergence of 4 percentage points in green, and divergence of 5 or more percentage points in red):
A) 14% 14%
B) 10% 18%
C) 14% 18%
D) 21% 12%
E) 21% 20%
F) 10% 11%
G) 0% 2%
H) 10% 6%
As can be seen, the two polls gave somewhat similar results with no significant divergences in most choices. As such, the other poll might be closed.
Prior to doing such, I will give 24 hours (until Dec 6, 2007 9:32PM Eastern Standard Time - United States) for any other suggestion(s) in favor of keeping open or closing the other poll.
The final decision will be made based on such forthcoming comments.
-NALs