#poll science

[corvidaequeer]

How do you eat poptarts?

straight from the package

from the toaster

out of the microwave

frozen or refrigerated

depends on the flavor

what's a poptart??

show results

Voting ended onFeb 27, 2023

[user-needs-new-hyperfixation]

Which applies to you?

I am queer and I daydream about running a combination coffee shop/bookstore

I am not queer but DO daydream about running a combination coffee shop/bookstore

I am queer and do NOT daydream about running a combination coffee shop/bookstore

I am not queer and do NOT daydream about running a coffee shop/bookstore

Voting ended onFeb 16, 2023

[imagining-in-the-margins]

I’m considering hosting a mini-challenge (in addition to my normal one) for writers to try writing a rarepair. Writers can, of course, double up challenges.

If I go through with it…

What rarepair would you be interested in me writing for?

Hotch/Elle

JJ/Hotch

Tara/Emily

JJ/Elle

Hotch/Morgan

Hotch/Megan Kane

I actually wouldn’t read any of these

I don’t care if these are the only options (check below before commenting)

Voting ended onMar 28, 2023

Ships I DO NOT like: REIDAWAY, Jeid, Spencily.

Ships I do not consider rarepairs: Reidaway, Morcia, Garvez, Heid, Moreid, Ralvez, Jemily, Hotchniss, Reidams.

The rest I am… meh! Go ahead and make your case!

[mossy-covered-bones]

I’ve decided to conduct a survey! Please select one of the following results at random.

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Voting ended onFeb 13, 2023

Please reblog this so that I can get a bigger sample size, but DO NOT include anything in the tags about the results, as that could influence other responses

[mossy-covered-bones]

So, we’ve had a little bit of time with the polls now, the meme is still going strong and we’re all mostly familiar with the patterns of votes, right?

I decided to run a little experiment regarding those patterns. If you haven’t responded to the following polls:

A

B

C

Please do that before reading the explanation of this experiment, as that could introduce bias in your responses

People have mentioned noticing the patterns of votes and ive seen at least one poll that was testing how people responded—which i wont link because its still ongoing, and awareness of the intent will skew results

This got me wondering if, given that there’s no meaningful difference between response options, we could actually predict the way people would vote?

I wanted to run a poll—or a few—to see if there was a consistent pattern, if it resembled a bell curve, if we could determine whether or not its likely people were voting completely randomly on a poll or if the options are affecting their votes by obtaining some sort of “standard array”

I’m starting with a poll with ten possible results, to allow for the recording of the widest amount of variation, but I’m considering polls with 5 and 7 possible responses, as well—a poll with half the amount of answers, and a wider amount of answers that is odd rather than even, to see if the number of results has an effect on the distribution. While it would be more enlightening to have a wider array of numbers, those three should cover enough of the possibilities to reveal possible routes of research to take in the future

Since this is somewhat of a scientific endeavor, I’ll attempt to standardize the polls themselves—the same title and subsequent text, leaving the bin labels blank instead of numbering them, asking participants to reblog without any commentary on the results that could affect how others vote.

I’m uncertain if there’s any other possible sources of bias I could be forgetting about. I wouldn’t anticipate whether or not a person likes to respond to polls affecting which answer they would choose, so there shouldnt be too much response bias.

I intend to post the conclusion once these polls conclude, so if you’d like to be notified of my findings or any follow up experiments, please let me know

[mossy-covered-bones]

Hey there, people who may or may not be here from the experiment polls

I’m hoping to get a little help from yall for when i go about drawing conclusions based on the data i collected via this fiasco, and for that I was hoping to get some polls to compare to. If you find any polls that are

Not asking about some sort of opinion—there needs to be some amount of randomness in the answer

Not asking the voters to get a certain number/proportion

Please send me the link/leave it in the notes of this post [if you tag me in the poll rn i will NOT see it]

Additionally, if there’s anyone with at least a basic understanding of statistics who would be willing to look over my conclusion before i post it, to see if there’s anything I overlooked/missed and sort of unofficially peer review it, that would also be very appreciated—if you could leave a comment/send an ask/dm me about that, that would be fantastic

Im going to be collecting the results of the polls the evening of monday the 13th, so the official cut off for poll links and help offers is going to be the tuesday after that

Thank you all so much <2

[corvidaequeer]

Settle something for me

chocolate cake with chocolate frosting

chocolate cake with vanilla frosting

vanilla cake with chocolate frosting

vanilla cake with vanilla frosting

Voting ended onAug 3, 2023

[user-needs-new-hyperfixation]

When you have to focus on something specific while driving (making a tricky turn, reading a sign, etc) do you turn down the music so you can see better?

Yes, obviously

No, wtf

I don't drive but I'm curious

Voting ended onApr 21, 2023