These polls are poorly posed for the following reasons:
The first poll simultaneously asks “Do you think you are better than other people?” and “How do you use the word “elitist”?” and the result is confused voting.
The first option of the first poll is too emotionally charged and conflates too many different responses. People that technically agree with it might be uncomfortable with choosing it.
The third poll ignores the base rate. I, for one, would not participate in an online group non-anonymously, and therefore the same is true for a group described as “elitist”. The poll options should be stated like “I will be less likely to participate than otherwise” or “It will be more important for me to be anonymous than otherwise” (that’s poor wording but it gets the point across).
Possibly, the “participation” and “anonymity” parts of the third poll should also be split up, or more combinations of these should be allowed.
The final poll asks two questions, to which the answers may well be different, and allows only one response.
The question of the final poll is too complicated, and as a result people who disagree entirely may end up giving the same answer, making the results meaningless.
All of these questions have an “Other (Please elaborate.)” option, which is good, but it doesn’t really save bad polls: if too many people are forced to the “Other” option because of problems with the question, the results of the poll are meaningless and misleading, and you have no way of comparing the reasons for choosing “Other”.
P.S. Due to the poll resetting bug, I’m going to post a raw data summary here for convenience (as of 10 total votes); the votes are split 1:3:6:0 for the first question, 3:5:1:1 for the second, 2:1:2:0:4:1 for the third, 8:1:1 for the fourth.
These polls are poorly posed for the following reasons:
The first poll simultaneously asks “Do you think you are better than other people?” and “How do you use the word “elitist”?” and the result is confused voting.
The first option of the first poll is too emotionally charged and conflates too many different responses. People that technically agree with it might be uncomfortable with choosing it.
The third poll ignores the base rate. I, for one, would not participate in an online group non-anonymously, and therefore the same is true for a group described as “elitist”. The poll options should be stated like “I will be less likely to participate than otherwise” or “It will be more important for me to be anonymous than otherwise” (that’s poor wording but it gets the point across).
Possibly, the “participation” and “anonymity” parts of the third poll should also be split up, or more combinations of these should be allowed.
The final poll asks two questions, to which the answers may well be different, and allows only one response.
The question of the final poll is too complicated, and as a result people who disagree entirely may end up giving the same answer, making the results meaningless.
All of these questions have an “Other (Please elaborate.)” option, which is good, but it doesn’t really save bad polls: if too many people are forced to the “Other” option because of problems with the question, the results of the poll are meaningless and misleading, and you have no way of comparing the reasons for choosing “Other”.
P.S. Due to the poll resetting bug, I’m going to post a raw data summary here for convenience (as of 10 total votes); the votes are split 1:3:6:0 for the first question, 3:5:1:1 for the second, 2:1:2:0:4:1 for the third, 8:1:1 for the fourth.
Wow, what a devastating criticism, Kindly. You did a good job. I feel a sense of reverence.
This was what I was hoping to get out of joining this site—to be shown that I am not perfect, to see the beauty of another mind.
Thank you.