I may have brought this up in the previous
forum (concerning the invalidated poll).
I'd like to bring it up again.
A local, alternative, popular, newspaper
holds an annual Best Of the Twin Cities
poll/vote/survey. The number of catagories
are numerous. One catagory is the best
french fries in the Twin Cities. McDonalds
keeps winning.
Am I to conclude from that, for most people,
McDonalds
truely does make better french fries
than any other restraunt in the Twin Cities?
Yes, this could be used as an argument to
invalidate either poll. I know that. I
just think it's a nice example as to how a
"statstically valid" poll (no one was
excluded) can have little reflection on
reality. It also shows that popularity has
little reflection on quality. Most
importantly, it shows polls can't be
trusted.
Note: This is not a slam on McDonalds. They
make perfectly good french fries, but I
don't think even they claim to be the best.
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