Where are you - a poll

[rprosperi]

(11-30-2017 03:21 PM)pier4r Wrote:  This is a nice observation that triggers a question from my side. Normally polls, for example voting polls, need a sample size of ~3000 random people to represent the voting decisions of millions.

Wouldn't it be similar in this case? We are less than 10'000 so a sample of ~100 people may be a good approximation of all of them?

In the case of this Forum, I think it is not just the size of the sample, but also how long you collect the votes that matters before you could consider it 'enough' to draw conclusions. There are many members that I consider 'regulars' that only visit once a week, or every few weeks, or even less than monthly (Hello Valentin...). I would say 60 days is long enough, beyond that I think there will not be significant change, though it's likely new posts will accumulate here, slowly, for years (new members affect this too).