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Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page? by chrisco255 on Friday September 04, 2020 @05:09PM (#24378914)
It's depressing knowing how many people think all polls are scientifically valid representations of the general population. It's well known that even the way a question is stated or worded can influence the outcome of a poll.
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Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page? by mistermann on Friday September 04, 2020 @05:59PM (#24379303)
This is an encouraging comment, if more people were actually scientific minded enough to realize this type of thing, perhaps we could get out of the ditch we've driven into.
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Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page? by mrfusion on Friday September 04, 2020 @07:49PM (#24380101)
And polls are used more often to drive opinions than to report on them.
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Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page? by gdubs on Friday September 04, 2020 @07:05PM (#24379803)
Well, a single poll, sure. Many polls...
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Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page? by OvidNaso on Friday September 04, 2020 @07:50PM (#24380106)
Until I was about 28, myself and my whole group of friends would 95% of the time give bullshit (usually whatever was funniest) answers to anything resembling a poll. Didn't matter how 'private' or anonymous. We thought polls were bullshit, and we treated them thus. Other classmates, even more than us, filled them out as the person they wish they were.

We CAN'T be unique...this happens a LOT!

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