- squirrel dude
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So yeah, I got bored in my stats class today, so I decided to go ahead and refine an idea that has been floating around in my head for a couple of months now.
The General Plan:
A massive demographic survey of the entire (forum active) community of every forum, and thus the community as a whole. I want to try and survey every forum with the following poll. The poll will need to be put in every forum at the same time, on the same day, so that each poll is taken during the same general level of activity on the website.
The Poll:
Poll question: Which of the following is true?
Option 1: A
Option 2: A and B
Option 3: A and C
Option 4: A, B, and C
A. I have posted in forum X over the last month, before today. X being whatever forum that the poll is posted in.
B. I consider myself a Floodian
C. I have posted in the Community Forum.*
*The survey of the community forum would only have options A and B
I've considered adding D. I post in group forums
That would make the polls look like
Option 1: A
Option 2: A and B
Option 3: A and C
Option 4: A and D
Option 5: A, B and C
Option 6: A, B, and D
Option 7: A, B, C and D
Forums to be Surveyed:
Every forum except the News Forum and the Classifieds. Basically, every forum that allows members to both generate and participate in discussion.
The Goals of the Survey:
1. To try and gain an estimate of how active each forum is in relation to the others.
2. To try and gain an estimate as to how well the community forum is representative of the entire community.
3. To try and determine how much of a minority "Floodians" are within the community
4. To try and determine how much "Floodians" go and participate in discussion in forums outside The Flood
Questions to the Community Forum:
1. Would anyone be interested in helping me? I can't feasibly do this on my own. If not, why? If yes, why?
2. How much would this be against the rules (I always assume my ideas more than 0 against the rules)?
3. Any suggestions on how to change the poll options, or if you think it should cover more information?
[Edited on 07.30.2012 1:52 PM PDT]