Public skeptical about Hybrids
#22
Re: Public skeptical about Hybrids
Originally Posted by Delta Flyer
The hybrid survey is kind of like New Year's Resolutions: a lot of good intentions, but fewer commitments.
#23
Re: Public skeptical about Hybrids
Actually, the presentation of the data was even more biased than you mention, and on closer inspection, your (a) conclusion cannot be justified . There were three choices (inexact language):
Would you consider a hybrid for your next car purchase ?
1. yes
2. not without more information
3. no
answers (2) and (3) were combined. "I don't know enough" is clearly not the same as "I know enough to say no".
This is a tried and true way to have polls reach the wanted conclusion. Ask ambiguous questions, and combine sub-groups in a non-valid fashion. The good news is, the poll was so inane from the onset, only the person who paid for it will care about the results.
Welcome to pseudoscience. Works for the Whitehouse, works for marketing. To a degree, anyway.
Would you consider a hybrid for your next car purchase ?
1. yes
2. not without more information
3. no
answers (2) and (3) were combined. "I don't know enough" is clearly not the same as "I know enough to say no".
This is a tried and true way to have polls reach the wanted conclusion. Ask ambiguous questions, and combine sub-groups in a non-valid fashion. The good news is, the poll was so inane from the onset, only the person who paid for it will care about the results.
Welcome to pseudoscience. Works for the Whitehouse, works for marketing. To a degree, anyway.
Last edited by EricGo; 07-15-2005 at 11:28 AM.
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