evan, (edited )
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Have you seen a laser show at a planetarium?

evan,
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

I'm strong yes. Good luck, strong nos! Don't die wondering.

dragfyre,
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@evan Evan are you shilling for Big Planetarium now? :V

jan,
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@evan a yes/no (binary) question with four options.

Can you please explain the rationale here, I am struggling to understand this thought process.

No, a link to the faq is not useful.

evan, (edited )
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@jan I have a faq because people ask these questions all the time.

https://evanp.me/pollfaq/#qualified

However, because you insist, I will re-explain it to you, because you are an important customer of EvanPolls Inc. and we strive to provide you with excellent service.

evan,
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@jan This may seem like a binary question to you, but often there are exceptions. Like @ckape, who saw a laser light show, but not at a planetarium.

jan,
@jan@kcore.org avatar

@evan But the question was:

"Have you seen a lightshow at a planetarium".

So to answer yes, you need to have a "yes" on both. Boolean logic.

Yes and yes == yes
yes and no == no
no and no == no

The question wasn't:
*Have you seen a lightshow.

  • have you been to a planetarium.

Accuracy matters :)
But, your poll, your rules :)
I'm just .. baffled.

evan,
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@jan Thanks. Here's another one.

https://fosstodon.org/@WilliamMcCormick/112299058682679976

You might also like investigating fuzzy logic; it's a formal logic for propositions that are neither entirely true nor entirely false.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_logic

evan,
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@jan There are dozens of ways that someone could have a "sort of" response, and I like to leave space for those. I don't think I can enumerate them all.

If you struggle to understand how some questions that seem absolutely binary to you may be less so for someone else, that's OK. If it's really important to you to get exact numbers, consider making your own poll without the "sort of" answers. Or you could enumerate all the ways someone could "sort of" have gone to a laser light show.

evan,
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@jan Here are some ways that someone could have "sort of" seen a laser light show, or not:

  • Don't remember the event because too young
  • Don't remember the event because too drunk/stoned
  • Fell asleep
  • Went for another event, but laser light show was demoed for some reason
  • Laser light show at another venue
  • Similar light and sound event at a planetarium, but not with lasers
  • Have laser light show equipment for personal use

You might be able to come up with more!

evan,
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@jan I think it's probably worth looking at the results right now. About 20% of respondents answered qualified yes or qualified no. It was a useful choice for them. So, I'm glad it's there.

evan,
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

@jan I added a new faq for this, because it does come up pretty regularly.

https://evanp.me/pollfaq#binary

jan,
@jan@kcore.org avatar

@evan In essence then the question was wrongly formulated for the answer that you wanted. I know you don't want to define things too strictly, but...

evan,
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

@jan I do one poll every 24 hours. I've gotten pretty good at formatting polls exactly how I want. It's OK if they're not exactly how you want, though.

mick,
@mick@cosocial.ca avatar

@evan McLaughlin Planetarium in Toronto.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaughlin_Planetarium

The show was set to a selection of Guns N’ Roses and Metallica tracks and was cleverly titled “Metal Roses.”

It was the mid-90s and it was glorious.

evan,
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

I kind of wonder how @OkieSpaceQueen feels about this practice.

tobiaspatton,
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@evan Pink Floyd in Vancouver in the 80’s

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