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Note: YouGov is a platform where internet users are paid small amounts to complete surveys. Their primary product is market research and focus group stuff. Thes
by blamazon 5y ago
Note: YouGov is a platform where internet users are paid small amounts to complete surveys. Their primary product is market research and focus group stuff. These type of posts seem to me like (advanced!) marketing content to drive clicks/eyeballs to their platform. It is not exactly an academic study and there may be a selection bias not truly representing a random set of Americans. If you are interested they do disclose methodology at the end of the post.
I do like their more entertaining content - such as this: "You’re doing Italian food all wrong, say Italians." [1] I'd like to see more data binned as "Acceptable/Not Acceptable/Divisive to Italians".
[1]: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/international/articles-reports/2022/02/03/italian-food-crimes https://yougov.co.uk/topics/international/articles-reports/2...
- KarlKemp 5y agoTheir elections forecasts aren't stellar, but their errors are still far smaller than the magnitude needed to meaningfully change these results.
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- yxwvut 5y agoThese results are consistent with a group of people answering accurately and honestly mixed in with a large group of people giving random answers to complete the paid survey as quickly as possible (which will naturally drag the averages of each toward 50%, as they report). Wouldn’t wipe my ass with these findings.
- tchock23 5y agoAcademic researchers use these same types of panels for their studies. Sometimes they use even lower quality sample sources since their budgets typically aren’t as high as corporate market researchers. That said, research panels have huge issues across the board. I’d bet a significant majority of ‘Americans’ responding to this study are using vpns to participate from other countries.