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Olympian Front Page Poll on Iraq War

Submitted by redwood on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 8:37am.

Start: Mar 19 2008 - 5:34am

End: Mar 19 2008 - 5:34pm

Today the Olympian has a poll marking 5 years since we invaded Iraq - please vote.

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next time we should have our own poll

Submitted by Rob Richards on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 8:59am.

instead of helping the competition.

Considering Olyblog doesn't accept advertising

Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 11:02am.

What is the competition?

We're a news source, they're a news source.

Submitted by Rob Richards on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 11:59am.

While we may not be competing for money, we are competing. If the Olympian did a better job at honestly covering local issues, OlyBlog might not exist.

disclaimer

Submitted by enpen on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 12:07pm.

This is just the opinion of Rob Richards. :-)

Trust me when I tell you

Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 1:25pm.

The Olympian can live with being "scooped". Taking millions of dollars out of the advertising market might catch their attention, though.

B-I-N-G-O

Submitted by Ehver Green on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 4:09pm.

B-I-N-G-O

Hmmmm....

Submitted by jlw on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 12:11pm.

I can't say that I think too much of the Olympian's polling techniques, considering that people can apparently vote as many times as they're willing to reload... but I guess the O's after hits, not accuracy, anyway?

The vast majority of online polls

Submitted by Guglielmo on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 12:25pm.

are pretty worthless.

hmmm

Submitted by enpen on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 12:55pm.

Do you have some poll data to back that up?

"In principle, I am an anarchist. Kurt Vonnegut once said he was an agnostic who respects Jesus Christ. I am an anarchist who loves democracy." - Kenzaburo Oe

Har har

Submitted by Guglielmo on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 1:21pm.

The worth of a poll (to me) is contingent on it's genalizability. A poll of a randomly selected sample of the population reflects the population in general (within a specified margin of error). I don't know what population is represented by the voluntary participants of most online polls. Perhpas "worthless" is a bit harsh. "Not very informative" or "difficult to interpret" is a better way to put it. Personlly, I think they are rarely worthy of news coverage.

Damn, you're smart!

Submitted by jlw on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 3:31pm.

I guess I should have had another cup of coffee before statistics class, because I apparently slept right through the lecture on genalizability. D'oh! Fortunately, it wasn't on the test!

self-referral...

Submitted by chad360 on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 12:56pm.

...is always statistically invalid, but I guess entertaining nonetheless =)

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