I have a Dorky Poll idea for later in the day, but let's get this out of the way first:
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I'm still getting things squared away after my blogging break, but as a step on the way back toward normal programming, here's a Dorky Poll: What kind of numbers do you most like to work with?
What kind of numbers do you like best?online surveys
You can only choose a single answer, which I'm sure…
A majority of Americans would not change their views of a candidate who did not believe in evolution, 28% would be less likely to vote for an anti-evolutionist, and 15% would be more likely to back that candidate.
That's the good news.
The bad news is that the poll shows Americans deeply confused…
Last week's call for non-academic scientists produced a much larger response than I was expecting-- more than 30 people volunteered. Thanks to all who volunteered, and if you're interested, please feel free to contact me-- it's not too late to get involved.
As I said in that post, I plan to post a…
It's going to be a very busy day, in ways that will keep me away from the Internet for most of the day, so you'll need to entertain yourselves. Here's a question for the science-minded:
What's your favorite science textbook of all time?
It could be your favorite book from when you were a student,…
EITHER
All of the above.
I'm holding out for a public option.
Right now, with 60 responses, the words are nearly tied. The "mere exposure effect" would suggest that people would like the more frequently word more, and might well vote for it more as a consequence. Curious, I looked up the frequency of two words in three standard corpora:
BOTH 70 730 1703
NEITHER 6 141 591
Mildly surprising! "Both" is a lot more frequent, especially in spoken language (the first column). Perhaps people in this context like to be contrary and devious.
See, real science going on in this very blog!
Very Zen--I like it.
I chose neither. Maybe that means I picked the second option, or maybe I didn't take the poll at all. And none of you will ever know which! (insert evil laughter)
I have been unable to do anything all day because of your question.
I love at this very moment after I voted that the voting is tied 101-101.