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bignose

@iuculano

Two conclusions I draw from that:

* The demographic "people who are likely to read Kev Quirk's posts" is highly unrepresentative of the general population

* The subset of that who choose to answer this poll, are self-selecting and therefore motivated by a particular answer and therefore unrepresentative of the former demographic

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joe•iuculano :mastodon:

@bignose so, conclusion: there's a built-in bias.
One would say, perhaps, a systemic bias?

bignose

@iuculano Sure. Which is wholly unremarkable for online polls.

My advice was not to read much at all into the difference between reported market share versus results from insular self-reported polls.

joe•iuculano :mastodon:

@bignose I understand. I was just pointing out that polls such as these are meaningless, as they can be manipulated to mean anything one wants them to mean :)

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