I gave up on polls after the 2016 election. Their purpose is to persuade, not to inform. Just like everything else the media does. Truth, facts, and unbiased presentation have no place in such a system. Never pass up an opportunity to influence the desired result.
Yes, fully agree. I suppose it's implicit in your analysis a seldom-mentioned problem with polls. Polls can show anything. Questions that support poll results are never revealed, but the wording of any question can produce answers to support the intended "majority" response. When the obvious answer is presented within the question, anything can be proven. eg: "Is Trump's inability to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions a reflection of Trump's overall failures?with the American economy? Yes or No?" What does this "prove"?
I also was a systems analyst many years ago and part of my job was pointing out design "challenges" which could over-complicate the user interface and lead to unintended consequences. The lead architect who was under a severe time constriant to get the system on the market let me know that it was't a bug it was a feature!
I gave up on polls after the 2016 election. Their purpose is to persuade, not to inform. Just like everything else the media does. Truth, facts, and unbiased presentation have no place in such a system. Never pass up an opportunity to influence the desired result.
I will serve no wine before its time. A famous actor said that during a wine commercial decades ago. Goes for software, too.
Yes, fully agree. I suppose it's implicit in your analysis a seldom-mentioned problem with polls. Polls can show anything. Questions that support poll results are never revealed, but the wording of any question can produce answers to support the intended "majority" response. When the obvious answer is presented within the question, anything can be proven. eg: "Is Trump's inability to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions a reflection of Trump's overall failures?with the American economy? Yes or No?" What does this "prove"?
I also was a systems analyst many years ago and part of my job was pointing out design "challenges" which could over-complicate the user interface and lead to unintended consequences. The lead architect who was under a severe time constriant to get the system on the market let me know that it was't a bug it was a feature!