As I don't think the list is interested in sampling methodology, I'll address that off-list.
On 17/02/13 08:11 PM, James Salsman wrote:
... and now it seems there is no interest in determining how offen the community thinks advocacy actions should occur. It would not take very much time, effort, or money to learn the answers to these questions.
Well, I am not exactly an expert on this topic, but I believe you are simply wrong on all three points in your final sentence. To get useful data does take time, consideration, and usually that implies money as well - or social capital in enlisting expert volunteers whose efforts might be better spent on topics other than satisfying a single user's curiosity.
Assuming you're wrong in those points, why-ever would anyone assume you're correct on any of the others?
Amgine