How biased are CD polls

mjc49 · #15 12-02-2016, 11:10

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Originally Posted by evanperryg

Also, keep in mind that this is only recording a team's first event. We got knocked out in quarters at our first event because of some really bad luck, then made it to finals at our second event, won chairman's and went to Einstein. The first event alone is hardly a metric for a team's overall performance in a given season.

I believe it is fair to ask for results in the first tournament since there are teams that only participate in one event a year. As others have mentioned, CD is just a subset of the overall FIRST community and the group tends to come from teams that do better than average. Probably better than average mentor and sponsor support as well.

View Poll Results: How far did your team advance at your first event in the 2015 season?
My team did not make it into elimination rounds	63	16.20%
My team was eliminated in the quarterfinals	89	22.88%
My team was eliminated in the semifinals	74	19.02%
My team was eliminated in the finals	76	19.54%
My team won the event	69	17.74%
My team is a rookie for the 2016 season, and did not compete in 2015	8	2.06%
I am not affiliated with any FRC team	4	1.03%
Other	6	1.54%
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