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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And surprise surprise they have the predictive value of about chance.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You really need to look into the concept of statistical sampling. It's how just about all science works, and I can assure you science works.

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

While I don’t disagree, polling is the absolute worst example of scientific analysis. There are so many easy ways they can be swayed…leading questions, framing questions, selection bias, etc. And that gets used to form manipulative articles based on intentionally misreresentative facts.

Polls really need to be taken with context and a grain of salt.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago

Those are valid critiques.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago

And you really shouldn't be having this conversation with a former testing engineer.

You can't compare these garbage polls with what goes on in the science+engineering landscape. The main difference is if we are wrong there are consequences for being wrong.