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1. parineum · 1790140859 · focus · HN ↗

   The easy fix is to not do online polling.

   1. hennell · 1790144047 · focus · HN ↗

      You need to though. If you only do phone call polls you're only going to poll people with (landline?) phones who answer (random?) calls and have the time/enthusiasm to respond when you call. That heavily skews demographics.

      A lot of people will only do online polling, and it's by far the easiest way to cover a lot of demographics (need to supplement with other methods as well if you don't want a poll of "internet users" - but that is a far larger and varied group than most other methods would produce)

      1. tgv · 1790161599 · focus · HN ↗

         Actual visiting. Has been done. Still seems to be the preferred method in parts of the world with unreliable internet.

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