Banana@sh.itjust.works to Winnipeg@lemmy.ca · 4 days agoPosted by a friend in r/winnipegsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down12
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minus-squareValue Subtracted@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoHence, “for what it’s worth.” Polling methodologies are pretty flawed in many ways, but this is what we have to go on right now.
minus-squareBanana@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoYeah, it’d be nice if the pollsters wouldn’t do shady shit like provide polls for ridings when they don’t have riding data. The least they could do is make it clear that it’s extrapolated from federal data. Very frustrating.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoThe about page clearly explains 338’s methodology.
minus-squareBanana@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoFair enough, I wish it was common practice to mention it in articles
Idk man,
Hence, “for what it’s worth.”
Polling methodologies are pretty flawed in many ways, but this is what we have to go on right now.
Yeah, it’d be nice if the pollsters wouldn’t do shady shit like provide polls for ridings when they don’t have riding data.
The least they could do is make it clear that it’s extrapolated from federal data. Very frustrating.
The about page clearly explains 338’s methodology.
Fair enough, I wish it was common practice to mention it in articles