Banana@sh.itjust.works to Winnipeg@lemmy.ca · 9 months agoPosted by a friend in r/winnipegsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down13
arrow-up13arrow-down1imagePosted by a friend in r/winnipegsh.itjust.worksBanana@sh.itjust.works to Winnipeg@lemmy.ca · 9 months agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squareValue Subtracted@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months 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-up1·9 months 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-up2·9 months agoThe about page clearly explains 338’s methodology.
minus-squareBanana@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoFair enough, I wish it was common practice to mention it in articles
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