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> There is one problem with polls - who answers them.
There's more than one problem....
The basic problem with any poll is that usually only
those with a vested interest respond to them (and then
only when they're dissatified).
Online polls have an even larger problem since you
can't control who votes or how many times. Someone
with a little time to spare or a beef against an item
in the poll could "run up" the numbers for their
favorite brand/product/company/opinion/whatever. As a
result, online polls are, at best, useful only to give
a general tendency of a trend - not to plot the future
course of your life against. Certainly, you should not
quote an online poll as gospel without closely
studying its methodology (would a tech writer do
otherwise?).
JMHO.
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Jeff Hanvey
Memphis, TN
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