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USA Today caught cheating on poll [View all] lagomorph777 Mar 2019 OP
It's obviously a push poll Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #1
my first thought as well. nt Javaman Mar 2019 #13
As transparent as the would be dictator himself. The world would be far more stable and peaceful KPN Mar 2019 #20
Polls are gimmicks by the right watoos Mar 2019 #2
it's a terrible question NewJeffCT Mar 2019 #3
I knew it as soon as I read the results.Trump is a pathological liar and everybody knows this onit2day Mar 2019 #37
Polling 101 is make the question as specific as possible. rogue emissary Mar 2019 #4
Or they are agreeing that Trump calls it a witch hunt. zaj Mar 2019 #5
Exactly....they agree that he has said its a witch hunt and that he has said... mentalslavery Mar 2019 #8
Correct. It's not just a two question in one push. KPN Mar 2019 #21
And that he has been the subject of more investigations - Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #46
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I agree. I saw the poll results on CNN yesterday with nary a word about its credibility. KPN Mar 2019 #23
Was hoping other media sources would shine a light on that skewed USA poll. onit2day Mar 2019 #38
Kick dalton99a Mar 2019 #7
Actually THREE questions. I would agree to "Trump has called ..... witch hunt" MadLinguist Mar 2019 #9
Exactly- this! James48 Mar 2019 #44
+1000! Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #48
WE are the victims, not Scarsdale Mar 2019 #10
Who the hell reads USAToday? docgee Mar 2019 #11
Don't have to. It was all over the news yesterday afternoon -- but no mention of the question's KPN Mar 2019 #25
It's great - for lining the bottom of weasel cages. CentralMass Mar 2019 #51
You got them weasels too? docgee Mar 2019 #57
I knew someone who had one. They are smart critters CentralMass Mar 2019 #59
They put it outside your hotel door for free in fancy hotels. forgotmylogin Mar 2019 #66
MSM will always be working for the orange hitler & his fascist party yaesu Mar 2019 #12
Yup workinclasszero Mar 2019 #18
Right?! KPN Mar 2019 #26
thought this was common knowledge,,,,,,, Cryptoad Mar 2019 #14
Good catch. calimary Mar 2019 #15
Well color me shocked! Blue Owl Mar 2019 #16
trump cultists say that all polls are wrong because Hillary. mwb970 Mar 2019 #17
AND some may think they are just agreeing that he said it underpants Mar 2019 #19
Lies, damned lies, and statistics. nt El Mimbreno Mar 2019 #22
Disgraceful! Enabling such an evil man. Power 2 the People Mar 2019 #24
The sad thing about this is there are many who will never hear this part of the story, and many of KPN Mar 2019 #27
Gosh, what a poorly written question...I used to write instructor's guides, and test questions ... SWBTATTReg Mar 2019 #28
USA Today paid somebody extra to craft this question in a deliberately confusing way. lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #34
Yup Skraxx Mar 2019 #36
K&R, uponit7771 Mar 2019 #43
Had a feeling about this. louis-t Mar 2019 #29
Push Polling, this is a great example Dorn Mar 2019 #30
What Madlinguist said. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #31
Test Construction 101 doctorzuma Mar 2019 #32
So, USA Today only sampled 1000 people to represent the whole country??? MagickMuffin Mar 2019 #33
Or they are agreeing that he has called the investigation a witch hunt. Push poll question. Skraxx Mar 2019 #35
That's part of the fun of being in the data analytics field.... cbdo2007 Mar 2019 #39
That's if the WWWHW are covered up, if so then trust is deminished. I'll never trust a USA Today pol uponit7771 Mar 2019 #42
The question is even more flawed than this suggests. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #40
They asked a compound to get the noise they wanted and only posted one part of the question. uponit7771 Mar 2019 #41
Here's the problem with the question Papyro Mar 2019 #45
I was highly suspicious there was a flaw, or fraud, someplace in this survey. TryLogic Mar 2019 #47
Another thing I noticed that outed their bias... Silver Gaia Mar 2019 #49
I noticed the "improvement" language too. lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #62
Exactly Silver Gaia Mar 2019 #65
There are many polls. Pick the one you like and swear by it. Swear at the others. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #50
"...because of politics." Ligyron Mar 2019 #52
who writes these poll questions? PupCamo Mar 2019 #53
the media already appears to be circling the wagons around trump... spanone Mar 2019 #54
A terrible question is not cheating janterry Mar 2019 #55
Sure, it's purely accidental. lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #63
I've seen lots of bad survey designs janterry Mar 2019 #67
Gad, I didn't even look at that question yesterday Awsi Dooger Mar 2019 #56
Title would be correct saying Half say tRump is a "TARGET" of more investigations ffr Mar 2019 #58
Kind of like the age-old trick question, "did you stop beating your wife?" George II Mar 2019 #60
When I saw that here, I had a feeling it was skewed. C Moon Mar 2019 #61
It is a form of gish gallop. People don't always remember all the facts applegrove Mar 2019 #64
Morning Joe staff and guests called it a bogus poll yesterday. Ilsa Mar 2019 #68
Something I learned in research methods in college and on ethics in doing research... ck4829 Mar 2019 #69
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