Are polls helpful?
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I didn't vote because you didn't have an applicable option.
Polls are handy to gather raw data like when you ask a very defined question with predictable simple outcomes. An example would be " Does your significant other dive?"
As the question gets more complex, and most are the value is in the the dialog of the answers. It is there that the nuances surface and you stand a chance of learning something.
The fact that I like or do something may be totally inappropriate to you or your diving and you don't get that from a poll.
Pete
Polls are handy to gather raw data like when you ask a very defined question with predictable simple outcomes. An example would be " Does your significant other dive?"
As the question gets more complex, and most are the value is in the the dialog of the answers. It is there that the nuances surface and you stand a chance of learning something.
The fact that I like or do something may be totally inappropriate to you or your diving and you don't get that from a poll.
Pete
DennisS
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Are you interested in the results of scubaboard polls
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would be a little more objective
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would be a little more objective
Polls are great, but this poll blows- it needs more choices! 
A good poll has something for everyone, especially the people who just like to vote in polls and not read the question.
A good poll has something for everyone, especially the people who just like to vote in polls and not read the question. 
scubafool
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fisher, you are the greatest!Similar threads
