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Re: FRC Blog - How We’re Doing and FIRST Babies

For statistical purposes, "What do you think of the game?" is not a useful question. Respondents could be referring to the quality of the rules, but more likely to the overall idea of the game "giant balls being thrown through holes while other robots assist."

Additionally, the respondents are self-selecting, which additionally calls the validity (statistically speaking) of the survey into question. In order to get the most accurate representation, a random sample needs to be taken.

In addition, there aren't any crosstabs available, but all of this is covered under "The usual caveats... apply" paragraph stating that this is NOT a scientific survey. But you don't "tease" this sort of data unless you're trying to quell some serious dissent in the ranks. This is evident in the "burden placed on our volunteer referees" comment, which has to be the largest understatement of the month.
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