{"id":4851,"date":"2003-12-18T07:20:51","date_gmt":"2003-12-18T14:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4851"},"modified":"2014-11-05T15:24:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T22:24:14","slug":"skewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/12\/18\/skewed.html","title":{"rendered":"Skewed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Family Association<\/a>, a conservative (to charitably understate the matter) “traditional family values” group, is conducting a poll on gay marriage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Internet polls are wildly unreliable, given their self-selecting nature (in this case the people most likely to take the poll are people who see it mentioned at the AFA website, which means they’re likely already disposed toward a given view of the matter). Nonetheless, the AFA will be presenting the results to Congress at some future date, and Congresscritters with a less-than-solid grasp of statistics and polling beyond raw numbers may be influenced by it.<\/p>\n

So … why not make the poll more scientific by publicizing it beyond the AFA page? Like, say, here?<\/p>\n

It’s a pretty straightforward and reasonably worded instrument, remarkably enough:<\/p>\n

America’s Poll on Homosexual Marriage<\/b>
\n– I oppose legalization of homosexual marriage and “civil unions”
\n– I favor legalization of homosexual marriage
\n– I favor a “civil union” with the full benefits of marriage except for the name<\/p>\n

So go take the poll and maybe help hand the AFA some statistical surprises. Sure, it will probably end up getting you on some bizarre mailing lists — but that could be entertaining, too.<\/p>\n

(via Marc)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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