A big and important argument about religion and science has flared up again on Twittter. It occurs to me, though, that nobody has taken the obvious step of polling people about their actual beliefs, so let’s see if we can’t settle this question with (social) SCIENCE!: I would prefer to be a member of:Market Research […]
Category: Polls
Chromatic Poll: Resistors
Standing around in the cold for a few hours yesterday, then driving for almost five hours has given the cold SteelyKid had a week or so ago the opening it needed to infect me, so I’m all hoarse and achy this morning. Which means you get silly blogging, such as this poll inspired by some […]
Suburban Poll: Real Estate Fliers
On my walk with Emmy this morning, I noticed that a house a couple streets over has just gone on the market, and they had one of those “Please take one” boxes on the yard sign, with a bunch of one-page fliers about the house. Even though we have no intention of moving any time […]
A Quick Reputational Poll
In a place I can’t link to, I encountered the somewhat boggling statement that “Nature leans more in the direction of Popular Science than Critically Peer Reviewed [Journal].” Thus, a quick poll: Nature is:online surveys Context is for the weak.
Quantum Statistical Poll: Favorite Boson?
A fairly straightforward question: quantum physicists divide the world into two categories of things, fermions and bosons. What’s your favorite object having integer spin? What’s your favorite boson?online survey Superpositions of answers, while allowed in properly symmetrized wavefunctions, are not valid responses to this poll.
Are You Ready for Some Football?
Well? Are you? Are you ready for some football?survey software
Academic Etiquette Poll: Office Hours
A simple one, that I’m sure all the faculty in the audience will recognize. What is the proper approach to meeting with a professor outside of class: You email a professor asking to meet, and he responds “My office hours are from X:00-Y:00, or I’m free at Z:00.” You:online survey Even if we’re talking about […]
Language Poll: The Most Threshold
Not prompted by anything specific, but something I’ve occasionally wondered about: what’s the threshold for “most”? Thus, a poll: The minimum percentage of X doing Y that you would need to feel justified saying “Most X do Y” is:survey software I know I tend to use “most” to mean something considerably more than just 51%, […]
Dorky Poll: Favorite Force?
I’m pretty sure I’ve used this topic before, but not with PollDaddy. And while I really ought to do a ResearchBlogging post today to make it a clean sweep for the week, I just don’t have the energy. So here’s a poll: what’s your favorite fundamental force? What’s your favorite fundamental force?online surveys Those of […]
Academic Poll: That Time of Year
This one’s pretty self-explanatory: Classes for the new academic year start a week from Monday.survey software You only get to pick one because that’s the way it is. If you need me, I’ll be over here scrambling frantically.