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Re: Is there any meaning to polls.....
Reply #15 - May 13^th, 2018 at 6:23pm

longweekend58 wrote on May 13^th, 2018 at 1:21pm:

The_Barnacle wrote on May 13^th, 2018 at 11:11am:

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on May 11^th, 2018 at 7:10pm:

Question: Is there any meaning to polls....... or is it just a chance to chortle and stick it to someone on OzPol? Huh

There is absolutely no meaning to any polls on Ozpol.
For a start this forum does seem to attract the loony fringe element so it isn't a valid cross section of the Australian community.

Polls on HERE are absolutely worthless. The sample set is only a hundred or so of which maybe 10-15 will be involved at best.

But real polls out there in the real world run by real pollsters??? VERY VERY important.

Living in a politically diverse community
I have seen many polls
Each one structured or written to achieve a specific result

Polls also target specific groups to achieve a known result.
IE
Labour polls in labour areas
Liberal in liberal areas

Ie;
How badly has labour done in your area?

Would you rate Labour's failure as
1) very bad
2) bad
3) not good
4) not as bad as it might have been.

Questions that are weighted to achieve a specific negative result against labour

Reported as
Labour was rated as bad in 40% of respondents and not good or bad in 60%

Polls aren't worth the paper they are printed on

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Re: Is there any meaning to polls.....
Reply #16 - May 13^th, 2018 at 6:35pm

Valkie wrote on May 13^th, 2018 at 6:23pm:

longweekend58 wrote on May 13^th, 2018 at 1:21pm:

The_Barnacle wrote on May 13^th, 2018 at 11:11am:

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on May 11^th, 2018 at 7:10pm:

Question: Is there any meaning to polls....... or is it just a chance to chortle and stick it to someone on OzPol? Huh

There is absolutely no meaning to any polls on Ozpol.
For a start this forum does seem to attract the loony fringe element so it isn't a valid cross section of the Australian community.

Polls on HERE are absolutely worthless. The sample set is only a hundred or so of which maybe 10-15 will be involved at best.

But real polls out there in the real world run by real pollsters??? VERY VERY important.

Living in a politically diverse community
I have seen many polls
Each one structured or written to achieve a specific result

Polls also target specific groups to achieve a known result.
IE
Labour polls in labour areas
Liberal in liberal areas

Ie;
How badly has labour done in your area?

Would you rate Labour's failure as
1) very bad
2) bad
3) not good
4) not as bad as it might have been.

Questions that are weighted to achieve a specific negative result against labour

Reported as
Labour was rated as bad in 40% of respondents and not good or bad in 60%

Polls aren't worth the paper they are printed on

You know nothing about polling. Not a thing. But at least you are consistent in knowing little about almost every topic.

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Re: Is there any meaning to polls.....
Reply #17 - May 14^th, 2018 at 5:58am

longweekend58 wrote on May 13^th, 2018 at 6:35pm:

Valkie wrote on May 13^th, 2018 at 6:23pm:

longweekend58 wrote on May 13^th, 2018 at 1:21pm:

The_Barnacle wrote on May 13^th, 2018 at 11:11am:

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on May 11^th, 2018 at 7:10pm:

Question: Is there any meaning to polls....... or is it just a chance to chortle and stick it to someone on OzPol? Huh

There is absolutely no meaning to any polls on Ozpol.
For a start this forum does seem to attract the loony fringe element so it isn't a valid cross section of the Australian community.

Polls on HERE are absolutely worthless. The sample set is only a hundred or so of which maybe 10-15 will be involved at best.

But real polls out there in the real world run by real pollsters??? VERY VERY important.

Living in a politically diverse community
I have seen many polls
Each one structured or written to achieve a specific result

Polls also target specific groups to achieve a known result.
IE
Labour polls in labour areas
Liberal in liberal areas

Ie;
How badly has labour done in your area?

Would you rate Labour's failure as
1) very bad
2) bad
3) not good
4) not as bad as it might have been.

Questions that are weighted to achieve a specific negative result against labour

Reported as
Labour was rated as bad in 40% of respondents and not good or bad in 60%

Polls aren't worth the paper they are printed on

You know nothing about polling. Not a thing. But at least you are consistent in knowing little about almost every topic.

You are starting to sound like another troll, who shall remain nameless.

I wonder????????????????

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A WONDERFUL, PEACEFUL, BEAUTIFUL DREAM.
A DREAM OF A WORLD THAT HAS NEVER KNOWN ISLAM
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Question: Is there any meaning to polls.....
NO 1 (11.1%) YES 1 (11.1%) It's just a game for some 3 (33.3%) Sometimes 4 (44.4%) Total votes: 9 « Created by: Grappler Truth Teller Feller on: May 11^th, 2018 at 7:10pm »