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From: hougen@peca.cs.umn.edu (Dean Hougen)
Subject: Re: Poll results - splitting comp.robotics
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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 07:34:20 GMT
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Here are the basic statistics for the poll I conducted.  I don't have the
time right now to break these numbers down any further, but all of the
votes have been posted, so you can play with the total data all you want.

Poll results:  A total of 70 people participated.
Note that total percentages may not add up to 100% due to round-off error.


To split or not to split?                       votes            %

I.    The group should be split.                  47            67.1

II.   The group should not be split.              22            31.4

III.  Don't care.                                  1             1.4



The new sub-groups:

A.  The group should be split into:               14            20.0
    comp.robotics.theory
    comp.robotics.practical

B.  The group should be split into:               35            50.0
    comp.robotics.research
    comp.robotics.homebrew

C.  The group should be split some other way.     10            14.3

D.  Don't care                                    11            15.7
For don't care votes, 1 was explicit (1.4%), 10 were implicit (14.3%).



Create comp.robotics.industrial?:

i.    Create comp.robotics.industrial             26            37.1

ii.   Don't create comp.robotics.industrial       12            17.1

iii.  Don't care                                  32            45.7
For don't care votes, 20 were explicit (28.6%), 12 were implicit (17.1%).


The original group:

1.  Retain comp.robotics                          27            38.6

2.  Remove comp.robotics                          19            27.1

3.  Don't care                                    24            34.3
For don't care votes, 15 were explicit (21.4%), 9 were implicit (12.9%).


Please see the complete list of votes and comments for the total data
set, for the commentary given by participants, and for notes on late and
unverified votes.

Dean Hougen
--
"... but I don't have the time.  (I gotta work.)"  - Talking Heads
