I know this is a joke thread, but I think this is a great example of a poorly designed survey question that charitable people would say āgenerates discussionā. I would say it enables confirmation bias and just creates animosity amongst people looking for reasons to dislike an imaginary other.
My instinct when I first saw reporting of this was, yeah I probably could. But thatās because I read the question as me being able to play until I won a point. If I even won one, even by a double fault, I win. When I said as much on social media people jumped on me. But hereās the thing, I think theres like a 99.8% chance that the worldās best Female tennis player wins any given point against me. Iām just expecting one shanked return from 500 efforts.
Then uproar. Because itās only because sheās a woman. Exceptā¦ Well there isnāt an equivalent question for Novak Djokovic! So people are jumping to conclude reasoning, and YouGov is formenting that by reporting on a shoddy question with no control to give us a benchmark. For the record I think on average Iād have to wait longer to win a point against the worlds best male tennis player, because they serve so much faster, but I donāt think Iād be waiting forever.
So people read the question and assume both that the question refers to a one point shoot out, and they already think the greater portion of men are misogynists. Well then thatās the explanation! It cannot be an ambiguous question interpreted differently!
And Iām not denying that for some people the worst explanation is unfortunately the correct one. But I do have an issue with people dismissing or ignoring fairly rational objections to the survey or interpretations of it because of their pre-existing biases.
I think people donāt understand the difference between a point, a service game, a set, and a match. One point isnāt crazy. She could just double fault or she can miss hit it. Serena had 56 unforced errors in one match against Wang Qiang. On her bad days, this is definitely possible. However, a service game is extremely unlikely. Winning a service game is what is needed to get on the scoreboard. I think the question is most likely poorly worded and means a service game.
That being said, it is crazy if a person with no or little tennis experience thinks they can get a point off of her without her actually making a mistake.
Itās gotta be NO experience in my opinion, Iāve played many 10 games of tennis in my life. And Iām very aware of how little I could manage against a pro.
I know this is a joke thread, but I think this is a great example of a poorly designed survey question that charitable people would say āgenerates discussionā. I would say it enables confirmation bias and just creates animosity amongst people looking for reasons to dislike an imaginary other.
My instinct when I first saw reporting of this was, yeah I probably could. But thatās because I read the question as me being able to play until I won a point. If I even won one, even by a double fault, I win. When I said as much on social media people jumped on me. But hereās the thing, I think theres like a 99.8% chance that the worldās best Female tennis player wins any given point against me. Iām just expecting one shanked return from 500 efforts.
Then uproar. Because itās only because sheās a woman. Exceptā¦ Well there isnāt an equivalent question for Novak Djokovic! So people are jumping to conclude reasoning, and YouGov is formenting that by reporting on a shoddy question with no control to give us a benchmark. For the record I think on average Iād have to wait longer to win a point against the worlds best male tennis player, because they serve so much faster, but I donāt think Iād be waiting forever.
So people read the question and assume both that the question refers to a one point shoot out, and they already think the greater portion of men are misogynists. Well then thatās the explanation! It cannot be an ambiguous question interpreted differently!
And Iām not denying that for some people the worst explanation is unfortunately the correct one. But I do have an issue with people dismissing or ignoring fairly rational objections to the survey or interpretations of it because of their pre-existing biases.
I think people donāt understand the difference between a point, a service game, a set, and a match. One point isnāt crazy. She could just double fault or she can miss hit it. Serena had 56 unforced errors in one match against Wang Qiang. On her bad days, this is definitely possible. However, a service game is extremely unlikely. Winning a service game is what is needed to get on the scoreboard. I think the question is most likely poorly worded and means a service game.
That being said, it is crazy if a person with no or little tennis experience thinks they can get a point off of her without her actually making a mistake.
Itās gotta be NO experience in my opinion, Iāve played many 10 games of tennis in my life. And Iām very aware of how little I could manage against a pro.