What Do You Think Of The Survey On The Current Home Page?

[Colmc54]

We are asked which 'colour of car brings bad luck?' We are then given a choice of colours. Surely there should be a choice option for those who believe that the colour of a car has nothing to do with bad luck.

[Retrochic]

agree - its idiotic to say the least.

[Sqad]

Surely it's not as "crass" as ..."What are you asking Father Christmas for this year"

FGS it's only October.

[jomifl]

Bordering on the infantile...The popular choice of green while insurance stats. clearly show that black cars have a higher accident rate demonstrates something. Of course the kind of 'bad luck' wasn't specified..which would be much more amusing.

[AB Editor]

Colmc - it's just a bit of fun, we're only interested in those willing to play along. Do you expect there to always be a "don't know/don't care" option on a survey? It's not how they usually work (unless you care about the number of people who don't know or care, obviously).

Sqad - You're very hard to buy for, so we have to get started early.

Jomifl - Where are your stats from? Would be a good addition to the thread (if you haven't already supplied it).

[woofgang]

I started my christmas shopping in June. I don't deliberately go looking but if you see something and think oh so and so would love that then, by me, its silly not to buy it.

[Retrochic]

If a survey is asking about 'bad luck' then there should be button choice of 'I'm not superstitious' . Its like doing a survey of religion and not putting an Atheist choice in there.

[1ozzy]

I think Ed lost a bet and had to post the question.

[jackthehat]

Surely it's an optional poll?
If you don't believe that any particular colour is bad luck, then you refrain from answering...

[Lie-in King]

I don't drive but chose the colour I did on the basis that anyone with a car of that colour must have ended up with the last one in the shop, so I say "Oh, bad luck!"

[AB Editor]

"If a survey is asking about 'bad luck' then there should be button choice of 'I'm not superstitious' . Its like doing a survey of religion and not putting an Atheist choice in there."

No, it's not :)

We're making some assumptions here and asking a pretty innocuous question, not doing a census!

[douglas9401]

I have an empty house if anyone needs to start an argument.

Jeezo.

[Retrochic]

Ah! but you forget oh great one -there are a lot of professional pedants on AB ;-)

[gness]

It wouldn't be empty for long, Douglas..... x ......☺

[Colmc54]

AB editor. Thanks for the explanation.

Online surveys however do attract the attention of people outside of our ranks. Whether it's a lazy reporter surfing the web looking for a story, or even in this case someone in the motor trade with an interest in finding out which colour of car is most or least likely to be sold.

[HansUrbancka]

I think the poll is a complete waste of time. It's even questionable as to how accurate the results have been recorded. I am Not sure whether Stat C is really Pink or Black because the 'block graph' is different to the printed information.

Hans.

[Retrochic]

Also you can vote numerous times

[Mamyalynne]

Interesting, it only lets me vote once.

[HansUrbancka]

I think that perhaps the Ed has moved very quickly because the block graph now tallies with the printed stats and you can only vote once.

[Colmc54]

The best answer would be 'any colour if it's a VW!'