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Flying Squirrel

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5. Interesting... that would be true if the exact same people were voting in each poll

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 11, 2014, 04:32 PM

Mar 2014

But with five different polls and usernames not hidden anymore, it can be seen that there are different people participating each time, a total of 132 votes/non-votes in those 5 polls, and a 16.7% rate of repeat votes.

This, plus the fact that the results of all polls are remarkably similar, would lead me to conclude that these poll results are statistically significant and very likely represent the views of DU members as a whole.

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