[Foundation-l] We need more information (was: Blog from Sue about ...)

[Kim Bruning]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 08:47:43PM +0530, Bishakha Datta wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org>wrote:

> "24,023 people responded to that question, with 23,754 selecting a number on
> the scale. The result was mildly in favour of the filter, with an average
> response of 5.7 and a median of 6."
> 
> How do we understand this? And how should this be factored into making a
> decision?

The distribution is strongly bimodal. Describing it as "mildly in favor" is not accurate.

sincerly,
	Kim Bruning
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