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Polls may or may not be carried out in a neutral way. A good many are deliberately biased, even more have known flaws that are glossed over. A humorous take on
by graemep 2y ago
Polls may or may not be carried out in a neutral way. A good many are deliberately biased, even more have known flaws that are glossed over. A humorous take on this I love (from the 80s BBC comedy Yes Minister, which is often scarily realistic):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA
- tsimionescu 2y agoOh, absolutely, even in more subtle, unintentional ways (order of responses, whether you offer a neutral option or not, etc). But that doesn't mean polling is entirely useless, or that you need to verify the responses in the way that the original seemed to suggest.