Asri-unix.1091 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:C70:sri-unix!ZEVE@RUTGERS Tue Mar 23 21:15:55 1982 that poll Typical of poll questions (or so it seems to me), the question about being excited by the shuttle launch doesn't seem to gather any information. A better question is "How do you feel about the shuttle launch and why do you feel it". Of course, that isn't a simple, easily tallied question so pollsters shy away from it. I'm not sure why, but the question asked feels biased to me; almost as if it was rigged to get the "I don't care response". I also have to wonder about the % on the question about too little/too much/ just enough. As far as I can tell from the figures quoted, 1/4 of the people who were excited about the launch think we're spending too much!!!!! (.60*46% = 27.6%. 42-27.6 = 14.4 which is approx 51%/4). If they think that, then I wonder why they're excited about the launch. (Alas, where is D.D.Harriman when we need him!). Steve Z. ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.