Posted by Dr. Bob on November 3, 2002, at 14:29:37
In reply to Re: More information, posted by Dr. Bob on September 15, 2002, at 16:06:08
> When I ask a poster to please be civil or block them, I usually include a reason. If you agree with what I did, fine, but if you don't, please try to distinguish between disagreeing with my general rationale, my applying it to the particular post, and my applying it to the particular poster.
OK, I tabulated the results of those polls. There were 15 over the course of 1 week (9/15 through 9/21). Each was open for voting for 1 week. 7 were after I asked someone to please be civil (or supportive), 8 after I blocked someone. Here are the totals (incorporating a midstream wording change):
I think your reaction was more or less reasonable: 42 votes
I disagree with the general principle and think you significantly over-reacted: 29 votes
I agree with the general principle, but I disagree that it applies to this post and think you significantly over-reacted: 16 votes
I agree with the general principle and that it applies to this post, but given the context, I think you significantly over-reacted: 1 vote
I agree with the general principle and that it applies to this post, but given the particular poster, I think you significantly over-reacted: 5 votes
I think you significantly under-reacted: 9 votes
Total = 102 votes, an average of 6.8 per poll.
That isn't very many. Plus there were a number of limitations to this methodology, some of which have already been raised: people may have boycotted the polls, or been unwilling or unable to register at Yahoo, or voted multiple times, or been overwhelmed by the number of polls, or not appreciated the differences between the options, etc. Nevertheless...
We obviously don't all agree on them, but I feel strongly about the general principles. I'd rather people not feel accused or put down here, for example, and I don't think I'm going to change my mind. So, putting aside those 29 votes, the subtotals are:
I think your reaction was more or less reasonable: 42 votes = 58%
I think you significantly over-reacted: 22 votes = 30%
I think you significantly under-reacted: 9 votes = 12%30% > 12%, but that doesn't seem too bad...
Did it make a difference whether I asked someone to please be civil or blocked them? The vote subsubtotals, in that order, are:
I think your reaction was more or less reasonable: 17, 25
I think you significantly over-reacted: 9, 13
I think you significantly under-reacted: 4, 5Those results are pretty similar. If I did it right, the chi-square is .049 with 2 degrees of freedom and p = .98.
Did the particular general principle make a difference? I invoked 4 different ones that week: don't post anything that could lead others to feel accused or put down, don't use language that could offend others, be supportive, and don't post when blocked. The vote subsubtotals (which don't add up exactly to the subtotals because in one case two general principles were involved, so I counted those votes twice), in the above order, are:
I think your reaction was more or less reasonable: 27, 7, 6, 4
I think you significantly over-reacted: 16, 3, 3, 2
I think you significantly under-reacted: 5, 1, 1, 2Those results are also pretty similar. If I did it right, the chi-square is 1.8 with 6 degrees of freedom and p = .94.
Bob
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