tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post5814569182385437646..comments2023-10-24T04:37:53.648-05:00Comments on Babble On: PollsJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718724697267800263noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-28142644818795725852009-08-26T20:33:38.992-05:002009-08-26T20:33:38.992-05:00Popular is all that counts...we all know that sill...Popular is all that counts...we all know that silly girlBerry Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079390231632421561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-34952300665483285492009-08-25T11:24:00.616-05:002009-08-25T11:24:00.616-05:00Right you are, Pseudonymph! (no surprise there)Right you are, Pseudonymph! (no surprise there)Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718724697267800263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-3115354563018502672009-08-25T11:23:22.784-05:002009-08-25T11:23:22.784-05:00Funny, Miss A! I know what you mean. I used to d...Funny, Miss A! I know what you mean. I used to do that kind of thing when I was teaching, too. <br /><br />Good point, Beth!Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718724697267800263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-39786503692878671222009-08-25T08:59:55.472-05:002009-08-25T08:59:55.472-05:00So true. I always take a poll with a grain of salt...So true. I always take a poll with a grain of salt. Every once in a while, I'll put up a poll about something on my blog (my favorite one was to determine whether Rahm Emanuel is a hottie--he is, according to 86% of those who voted in the poll), and it's amazing how easy it is to word the questions in such a way to skew your poll. If it's easy for me to do, you knew it's even easier for professional pollsters! Hugs, BethBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149068921334726430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-61688441460200519642009-08-25T05:24:50.202-05:002009-08-25T05:24:50.202-05:00aside from my usual disregard for all things relat...aside from my usual disregard for all things related to extraneous key strokes i can't spell today!<br /><br />my grammar has apparently seen better days as well. sheesh i hate getting up early and the trying to think!<br /><br />lol i was really into stats (and still am)<br /><br />statistics 101: numbers lie. the answers depend on what is asked, who does the asking and whom they ask it of.<br /><br />when i teach this to my students i set out with a question like 'how many 5th graders like school pizza' and then i proceed to only ask the people in the class that i know live and die by the little caesar's we get for our school lunch.<br /><br />my fave abusive trick of statistics involves the use of equivalent fractions, when the pollsters ask 5 people and 4 people agree and then they go on to make the leap that the results are based on 80% of the *population* and not 80% of the *population polled*<br /><br />again, numbers lie. the answers depend on what is asked, who does the asking and whom they ask it of.<br /><br />of course to preface this i am the one who trusts the validity of the enquirer and TMZ over faux news.<br /><br />xxalainaxxmrs.missalaineushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542984504965262088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-9374989680931228562009-08-25T05:23:11.184-05:002009-08-25T05:23:11.184-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.mrs.missalaineushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542984504965262088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-69329794320227712292009-08-25T05:21:28.353-05:002009-08-25T05:21:28.353-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.mrs.missalaineushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542984504965262088noreply@blogger.com