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Re:How did NPR’s pre-election poll get things so so so wrong? by helloSirMan on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:56AM (#33549442)
At this point I'm not sure how good polling can be carried out, in terms of data collection methods:

Phone behavior is generationally defined, I'm not sure if the average gen Z'er talks via the phone function of...a phone. It would be much more reasonable to expect an app based communication.

Ask the captain of the SS Boaty McBoatface about polling via internet. It's all polls in an echo chamber and big targets for those that would wish to introduce bias.

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Re:How did NPR’s pre-election poll get things so so so wrong? by rob74 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @12:10PM (#33549706)
Boaty McBoatface doesn't have a captain, it's a robotic autonomous underwater vehicle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface), one of three carried by the RSS Sir David Attenborough, that was initially supposed to get that name, but then... didn't.
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