Author: KarinsDad
Date: 20:23:26 01/28/99
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On January 28, 1999 at 23:05:50, Steven Schwartz wrote: >On January 28, 1999 at 19:00:42, James Robertson wrote: > >>On January 28, 1999 at 17:27:21, Steven Schwartz wrote: >> >>>In our attempt to make up for lost time, >>>we have just put up EIGHT new poll questions! >>> >>>Please click on the link to the "Computer Chess >>>Resource Center" at the top or bottom of this >>>page and place your votes. >>> >>>The latest SSDF results are also on the WCCR >>>in the Resource Center. >>> >>>- Steve (ICD/Your Move) >> >>Suggestion: I think you would get more honest results on your polls if the voter >>could not see the results before voting. >> >>James > >This is actually the second time that this has been >suggested. We are trying to weigh the value of people >checking in occasionally to see the ongoing results >against the possibility that the results may be skewed. >I, personally, do not think that people are swayed >by seeing the results, but I have been wrong before >(at least that what my wife always tells me). > >A proposal: on the next poll, we put the question to >the members. Problem is... do we show the ongoing >results of that poll or not?:-))) Tricky question. Actually, out of all of the poll questions to do this with, this is probably an important one. What you could show is the number of people who responded without showing the actual results. To be really tricky, you could only let people see the results after they have voted. I doubt this is important enough to Email answers to others who have not voted. Also, it has been conclusively shown within the US Presidential elections that if one candidate is winning, people in the midwest and west who were going to vote against that candidate do not even bother to go to the polls (although to be fair, there is a certain amount of voters who were going to vote for the candidate who think he's won and also do not go to the polls). The ones who are losing who do not show up, though, outnumber the ones who are winning. FWIIW :) KarinsDad
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