Originally Posted by
WhyFi
Oh goodness, yes. I have worked very closely with a statistician (specializing in market research) for decades. Through listening to kvetching and acting as a sounding board during trouble-shooting sessions, I've gained some practical knowledge of poll construction and sampling - at the very least, I can spot glaring mistakes. Even setting aside the self-selecting, non-representative samples aspect, most polls on BF are pretty bad. This one? A doozy.
TBH, I neither responded to the poll or checked the results. I am interested in people's stories and opinions (the thread), but a poorly worded multiple choice with really unclear overlapping options is of no interest to me. I don't see beating the OP up about it, I think the anecdote actually set up an interesting conversation and I applaud him for that.