Web polls

mateusz lis lis- at wp.pl
Wed Aug 13 15:01:41 CEST 2003



Shad Z. wrote:
> Sorry, but your conclusion is unwarrented.

I simplificated my statement. It was not only based on the results of this
poll but also:
- Internet forums
- other websites
- other polls on other websites
- a lot of mails I got since I have my own website
- kids' conversetion I sometimes hear on the streets
- conversation with friends, who are (or were) Disney fans.

>  Since you have a web site,
> you really should be aware that Web Polls are totally non-scientific
> and you can't really draw any conclusions from them.

But there is a big difference between 132 votes for DR and 52 for CB, right?

> The results of
> your poll do not mean that Don Rosa is the most popular Disney creator
> in Poland, they just mean that Don Rosa is the most popular Disney
> creator among the set of people who:
> 1. have internet access
> 2. read Polish
> 3. have enought interest in Disney Comics to have found your web site
> while the poll was being conducted.
>
> You can't statistically say this group of people is representative
> of the population of Poland.

Disney comics are not read by whole population of Poland. Visitors of my
website indeed don't represent all readers of Disney comics in Poland but
there is a big difference between 132 votes for DR and 52 for CB, right?

> And I'm not even bringing up the fact that it is fairly easy for
> a determined hacker to defeat whatever security you may have had
> and vote multiple times, further skewing the results.

I don't know who would like to change the results of this poll. And I was
checking the results almost ever day.

But I'm still almost sure that Don Rosa is more popular than Carl Barks in
Poland. I think Maciek Kur (who is on holidays now) would agree with me.

Mateusz Lis



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