Re: [NEWS] 72% employees choose Mac, 75% choose iOS

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject	Re: [NEWS] 72% employees choose Mac, 75% choose iOS
Date	2018-04-28 21:48 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
Message-ID	<slrnpe9r1v.d7o.g.kreme@jaka.lan> (permalink)
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In message <pc063p$10p5$1@gioia.aioe.org> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> On 2018-04-27 07:48:26 +0000, Alan Baker said:

>> On 2018-04-27 12:39 AM, Your Name wrote:
>>> On 2018-04-27 07:32:08 +0000, Alan Baker said:
>>> 
>>>> On 2018-04-26 11:44 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>>>> On 2018-04-27 01:44:38 +0000, Alan Baker said:
>>>>>> On 2018-04-26 6:25 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2018-04-26 21:47:43 +0000, Alan Baker said:
>>>>>>>> On 2018-04-26 2:44 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> At least that's true for the measely 580 people they bothered to 
>>>>>>>>> survey, making the whole thing a complete waste of time and money, and 
>>>>>>>>> the "results" simply a load of bollocks reported as fact, as always 
>>>>>>>>> with silly "surveys" / "polls" / "studies".
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> So you have to poll every single person on the planet to reach any 
>>>>>>>> conclusions, do you?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You do if you want remotely *accurate* conclusions attributable to 
>>>>>>> everyone ... although even then you'll get people who will lie.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> No, actually.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Surveying less than 600 people and then claiming the results actually 
>>>>>>> mean anything for everyone is moronically silly. Even ignoring that, 
>>>>>>> the survey was highly biased anyway since it ignores billions of people 
>>>>>>> in China and Africa who are "employees" and don't get any choice at all.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> But it was a survey precisely ABOUT choice.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yep, the choice of less than 600 people they bothered to ask ... 
>>>>> nothing more, nothing less.
>>>> 
>>>> So you admit your comments about people with no choice were irrelevant...
>>> 
>>> No, what I said was the survey proved "72% of the 580 people they 
>>> bothered to ask perfer Macs" ... it does not remotely show that "72% of 
>>> employees prefer Macs".
>> 
>> No. What the survey said was:
>> 
>> "72 percent of employees who are offered the choice between Mac and PC 
>> chose Mac"
>> 
>> The fact that they asked 580 people what the preferences were within 
>> their respective organizations doesn't equate to "72% of the 580 people"

> Statistically manipulating the *real* results by multiplying or using 
> percentages does *NOT* make it an actual fact for everyone and is not 
> even remotely accurate reporting. It's simply a guesstimate or 
> probability at best.

You're letting your ignorance show.

> The *real* results of the survey *are* "72% of the 580 people we 
> bothered to ask perfer Macs" ... nothing more, nothing less.

Nope. You are wrong, uniformed, and willfully ignorant.


-- 
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[NEWS] 72% employes choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-04-27 09:44 +1200
  Re: [NEWS] 72% employes choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2018-04-26 14:47 -0700
    Re: [NEWS] 72% employees choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-04-27 13:25 +1200
      Re: [NEWS] 72% employees choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2018-04-26 18:44 -0700
        Re: [NEWS] 72% employees choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-04-27 18:44 +1200
          Re: [NEWS] 72% employees choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2018-04-27 00:32 -0700
            Re: [NEWS] 72% employees choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-04-27 19:39 +1200
              Re: [NEWS] 72% employees choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2018-04-27 00:48 -0700
                Re: [NEWS] 72% employees choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-04-28 09:52 +1200
                Re: [NEWS] 72% employees choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-04-28 10:18 +1200
                Re: [NEWS] 72% employees choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-04-28 21:48 +0000
      Re: [NEWS] 72% employees choose Mac, 75% choose iOS gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2018-04-26 19:08 -0700
  Re: [NEWS] 72% employes choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-04-26 17:49 -0400
  Re: [NEWS] 72% employes choose Mac, 75% choose iOS nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-26 17:56 -0400
    Re: [NEWS] 72% employes choose Mac, 75% choose iOS gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2018-04-26 19:02 -0700
      Re: [NEWS] 72% employes choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-04-27 18:46 +1200
        Re: [NEWS] 72% employes choose Mac, 75% choose iOS nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-27 08:42 -0400
          Re: [NEWS] 72% employes choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-04-27 17:42 +0000
        Re: [NEWS] 72% employes choose Mac, 75% choose iOS Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-04-27 09:55 -0400
          Re: [NEWS] 72% employes choose Mac, 75% choose iOS nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-27 09:58 -0400

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