An Actual Englishman wrote:
Dysartes wrote: An Actual Englishman wrote:Dai wrote:Or in other words AAE desperately wants this poll to be all good to suit his opinions. He is barely even trying to hide it!
Why do you think I care about the outcome of a poll concerning Ragnar and Yarrick at all?
Jesus enough weird strawmen please.
The rabid defence of a poorly-executed poll would imply that Dai's position
might not be a strawman.
I'll need some sort or proof that the poll is poorly-executed. It seems to serve the OPs purpose just fine, based on his requirements laid out in the
OP. The fact that it doesn't suit your rhetoric is not his problem.
Here's the thing - if you're building a poll, you want to ensure there are sufficient options that 100% of people viewing the options feel they have a valid option to select from, without being shoe-horned into a box that doesn't fit, Why is that important? Because you want as wide a number of respondents as possible for your poll to be statistically significant. If I present a poll to 10,000 people, and only 5 of them feel that the options presented are appropriate for them to select, then my results aren't valid.
You also need to ensure that you don't introduce bias into proceedings with how you word your options. If your options or question are leading people towards a given response, this is another way in which the results of your poll can be called into question. The tone of the third option - which wasn't present at the start of the poll - would fall under this heading.
We have here a scenario where the
OP is trying to determine which of two characters people are more familiar with. He's given two exclusive options, but the two options selected definitely exclude people who aren't familiar with either character and haven't heard of them, have heard of the characters but wouldn't describe themselves as familiar with either (for example, someone who has seen the characters on the
GW site, but not read up on the lore), and people who would describe themselves as equally familiar with both characters.
Expanding the poll to five options, with some re-phrasing, provides valid options for a wider pool of viewers. For example, phrasing it as follows:
Q - Which of the following characters would you rate yourself as more familiar with?
A1, I am more familiar with Commissar Yarrick than Ragnar Blackmane
A2, I am more familiar with Ragnar Blackmane than Commissar Yarrick
A3, I would describe myself as equally familiar with both characters
A4, I would describe myself as unfamiliar with either character, but am aware they exist
A5, I had never heard of either character prior to recent discussion on the forum
An alternative approach, if you wanted fewer options, would be to use the multiple-choice feature to indicate all characters the poster is familiar with. For example:
Q - Which of the following characters would you describe yourself as familiar with (select all which apply)?
A1 - Commissar Yarrick
A2 - Ragnar Blackmane
A3 - Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka
A4 - I am unfamiliar with any of the above characters
At this point, you can judge the relative familiarity by looking at the % of posters who describe themselves as familiar with the options, and have included an option for people who wish to respond, but are unfamiliar with the two characters.
