home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Path: sparky!uunet!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!jnielsen
- From: jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen)
- Subject: Re: Survey impartiality
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.133035.1282@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Sender: news@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
- Nntp-Posting-Host: magnusug.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
- Organization: The Ohio State University
- References: <1992Nov9.215144.11675@oakhill.sps.mot.com> <1992Nov10.230951.723@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Nov16.154624.4093@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 13:30:35 GMT
- Lines: 60
-
- In article <1992Nov16.154624.4093@oakhill.sps.mot.com> rvkl60@aus18a25.sps.mot.com (Tom Mathes) writes:
-
- Two things:
- 1st I looked at the 92 Buying guide not the April 1992 issue.
- 2nd look at what you read
-
- >
- >I DID check. Look at the April 1992 issue of "Consumer Reports". This
- >is what I found:
- >
- >-Ford Explorer - Worse than average
- > Mazda Navajo- Average
- Ah, but did you happen to notice that except for the driveline and
- clutch(which had insufficiient data), the ratings of the other
- 15 items were IDENTICAL. In other words, Mazda was *barely* a notch
- above Ford, close enough to be called the same.
-
- >-Eagle Talon - Average
- > Plymouth Laser - Average
- > Mitsubishi Eclipse - Much better than average
-
- Wait a sec here: the real ratings:
-
- Plymouth Laser - Much Better than Average/Average
- Pluyouth Laser Turbo - Much Better than Average/Insuf. Data
-
- Mitsu. Eclipse - Better than Average/Much better than average
- Mitsu. Eclipse Turbo - Average/Insf. Data
-
- So they cancel out. there is an example where the Mitsu is average
- and where the Laser is average.
-
- >-Geo Prizm - Average
- > Toyota Corolla - Much better than average
-
- Actually, they are very similar but not identical. IF you look at the
- ratings they are almost identical except for one thing: Body
- Hardware(much worse than average), the Prism has had serious problems
- both times. Do you think the owners of a Prism arbitrarily decided to
- rate their body hardware as having problems?
-
- Prism- Much better than Average/Average
- Corolla- Much better than Average/Much better than average
-
-
- >In each case, the American nameplate got a worse overall rating than
- >the Japanese nameplate.
- >
- >I stand my my assertion that the C/U survey is biased.
- >
- >Tom
-
- Look at your standing again . . .
-
- john
- --
- John Nielsen MAGNUS Consultant ______ ______ __ __
- /\ __ \ /\ ___\ /\ \/\ \
- Back Off Man I'm a scientist! \ \ \/\ \\ \___ \\ \ \_\ \
- -- Ghostbusters \ \_____\\/\_____\\ \_____\
-