12-08-2016, 05:56 PM
Forum polls have problems.
Any poll here on the forum is a very limited in the sample size and may not reflect the wider population of members who do not log into or read the forum. I know some who only read the news pages and never consider the forum.
Responders from these forum polls are also open to all that register I think! Is there not then the potential for non CS members to vote?
I personally would be very reluctant to recommend and support any Scotland wide decision based on such a limited sample size.
Taking soundings and larger sample sizes would have merit, but how to do so?
We could mass email, but that also causes problems with permissions and spam filters. I'm not sure either that we have a mandate from the email account holders (CS members) to do that either.
Any poll here on the forum is a very limited in the sample size and may not reflect the wider population of members who do not log into or read the forum. I know some who only read the news pages and never consider the forum.
Responders from these forum polls are also open to all that register I think! Is there not then the potential for non CS members to vote?
I personally would be very reluctant to recommend and support any Scotland wide decision based on such a limited sample size.
Taking soundings and larger sample sizes would have merit, but how to do so?
We could mass email, but that also causes problems with permissions and spam filters. I'm not sure either that we have a mandate from the email account holders (CS members) to do that either.