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- From: cstone@husc8.harvard.edu (christopher stone)
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- Subject: Re: rec.arts.startrek.current - split survey
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.102222.19658@husc3.harvard.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 15:22:21 GMT
- References: <93021.091146JSP6@psuvm.psu.edu> <C17rsF.B3y@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <1jn63oINNfor@gaia.ucs.orst.edu>
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- In article <1jn63oINNfor@gaia.ucs.orst.edu> stanley@ruby.OCE.ORST.EDU (John Stanley) writes:
- >In article <C17rsF.B3y@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU writes:
- >>In <93021.091146JSP6@psuvm.psu.edu> Jeffrey S. Payne <JSP6@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >>>...And here are the results:
- >>>I was wrong, and the majority grew to a 3 to 1 margin, SHOWING CLEARLY TO ALL
- >>>that there is considerable support for a split of some form.
- >
- >>If you think anyone is going to care about a poll with less than 100
- >>replies then you are quite mistaken. It means nothing.
- >
- >One where the poll-taker admitted deliberately attempting to skew
- >the results by posting interim counts. It means less than nothing.
- >
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- I hate to admit it, but he may have a point here. You may have thought
- you were encouraging the naysayers to get organized by posting the
- interim counts, but you may also have encouraged people to bandwagon with
- the majority. So in future let's really show 'em and keep the results
- secret until the end. :)
-