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The Queen is coming!

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  • #62
    almostnever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,768 ✭✭✭almostnever


    On the SU's facebook page, I think.


  • #63
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    almostnever wrote: »
    On the SU's facebook page, I think.

    Ah cool, so it'll be the people who check that daily anyway or who were annoyed about it who were more likely to vote? I've only done basic stats but I'm certain that that's a perfect way of choosing a sample.


  • #64
    aas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 131 ✭✭aas


    amacachi wrote: »
    Ah cool, so it'll be the people who check that daily anyway or who were annoyed about it who were more likely to vote? I've only done basic stats but I'm certain that that's a perfect way of choosing a sample.

    When friends answer questions it appears in your news feed so it would have been visible to anyone with a Facebook account and a friend in Trinity, it seems like a pretty reasonable way of conducting a poll especially when a large cohort were home for the holidays (taking this into account, sampling on campus would get a disproportionate number of Dubliners taking part, who are less likely to be affected by the change as they tend to be more likely to live at home and thus have more flexible accommodation arrangements).


  • #65
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    aas wrote: »
    When friends answer questions it appears in your news feed so it would have been visible to anyone with a Facebook account and a friend in Trinity, it seems like a pretty reasonable way of conducting a poll especially when a large cohort were home for the holidays (taking this into account, sampling on campus would get a disproportionate number of Dubliners taking part, who are less likely to be affected by the change as they tend to be more likely to live at home and thus have more flexible accommodation arrangements).

    Not really, since feeds generally only show the dozen or two people who you most regularly interact with and even then doesn't show everything they do.


  • #66
    Ahoyhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Ahoyhoy


    It was the university times did the poll actually, not sure if that was for journalism or for the SU to base a decision on. Either way I reckon that if their timetable was really **** in the first place they'd should have made a fuss then not when it changed to suit them a little. Besides which, they knew the SU was campaigning to change it back, did they contact them to ask them not to?


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  • #67
    amacachi
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    Just checked my timetable there, was it always ordered by day rather than date? :S


  • #68
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    On the basis of that sample, the Queen herself wasn't aware of the vote. Surely the lady must be tired of not being entitled to vote.


  • #69
    gearoidof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 945 ✭✭✭gearoidof


    So, people who are on facebook who haven't deleted the questions app and who haven't blocked the university times decided on something.

    Let me check the results, oh look
    I prefer the original timetable: 191 votes
    I prefer the new timetable: 67 votes
    It makes no difference to me: 339 votes


  • #70
    tehjimmeh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭tehjimmeh


    aas wrote: »
    When friends answer questions it appears in your news feed so it would have been visible to anyone with a Facebook account and a friend who is an SU hack in Trinity
    FYP


  • #71
    aas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 131 ✭✭aas


    gearoidof wrote: »
    So, people who are on facebook who haven't deleted the questions app and who haven't blocked the university times decided on something.

    Let me check the results, oh look
    I prefer the original timetable: 191 votes
    I prefer the new timetable: 67 votes
    It makes no difference to me: 339 votes

    So you agree that switching it back benefits more people, cool. And it isn't even possible to block or delete the questions app within Facebook. And blocking the University Times page won't make a difference either as the status is generated by the person that answers, not the page that asked the question.
    So it's a significant sample size with no apparent bias that supports the action the SU took.


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  • #72
    gearoidof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 945 ✭✭✭gearoidof


    It is indeed impossible to block Questions, apologies. I meant to say that people can hide it from their news feeds, which is possible, as I've done it.
    And it's definitely not unbiased, but I don't want to write the long explanation, so whatevs, you can be right.

    Anyway, on them supporting the action taken by the SU.
    32% were in favour, 11% against, 57% don't care
    For the SU to represent the majority, they should have done nothing.


  • #73
    Groinshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭Groinshot


    gearoidof wrote: »
    It is indeed impossible to block Questions, apologies. I meant to say that people can hide it from their news feeds, which is possible, as I've done it.
    And it's definitely not unbiased, but I don't want to write the long explanation, so whatevs, you can be right.

    Anyway, on them supporting the action taken by the SU.
    32% were in favour, 11% against, 57% don't care
    For the SU to represent the majority, they should have done nothing.

    So if in an election 57% voted "we don't care", 32% voted for one person, and 11% voted for another, Which is the right action}}

    How would you propose to do it? Email? Most people ignore surveys, and alot don't even bother checking emails..


  • #74
    blubloblu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭blubloblu


    aas wrote: »
    So you agree that switching it back benefits more people, cool. And it isn't even possible to block or delete the questions app within Facebook. And blocking the University Times page won't make a difference either as the status is generated by the person that answers, not the page that asked the question.
    So it's a significant sample size with no apparent bias that supports the action the SU took.

    Significant? 191 people deciding for ~12,000?


  • #75
    Mark200
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭Mark200


    blubloblu wrote: »
    Significant? 191 people deciding for ~12,000?

    Well the sample size was 339... I think 3% sample size for an online poll is a bit significant.


  • #76
    gearoidof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 945 ✭✭✭gearoidof


    Inaction is the right action.


  • #77
    Brods
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭Brods


    Fúck the exam timetables at this stage, it's done. I have to leave my apartment for the whole day. Thanks a million


  • #78
    JonJoeDali
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    Brods wrote: »
    Fúck the exam timetables at this stage, it's done. I have to leave my apartment for the whole day. Thanks a million

    A college room can hardly be classified as an "apartment".


  • #79
    PurpleFistMixer
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    JonJoeDali wrote: »
    A college room can hardly be classified as an "apartment".
    Why not?


  • #80
    AndrewJD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭AndrewJD


    JonJoeDali wrote: »
    A college room can hardly be classified as an "apartment".
    Wikipedia wrote:
    An apartment (in American English) or flat (in British English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building.

    Seems like an apartment to me.


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