Online opt-in polls can produce misleading results, especially for young people and Hispanic adults
www.pewresearch.org
We examine how an opt-in poll may have unintentionally misled the public about the sensitive issue of Holocaust denial among young Americans.

There was an opt-in survey in from YouGov & The Economist that seemed to show a fifth of young Americans denied the Holocaust. The Economist ran a piece on it.

Well, Pew Research did a random sampling and found completely different and far less worrying results.

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  • iridaniotter [she/her]
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    9 months ago

    Alternative analysis: only youngins do a little trolling troll

    edit: but do not troll about the holocaust, please.

    • mar_k [he/him]
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      9 months ago

      it's mostly unintentional, article basically says it's paid surveys where people select random answers without even reading the questions to get a reward.