https://n2v.almanacnews.com/square/print/2017/09/08/resident-survey-what-should-be-the-future-of-the-curtis-street-pocket-park


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Resident Survey: What should be the future of the Curtis Street pocket park?

Original post made by dana hendrickson, Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park, on Sep 8, 2017

Our City Council needs to hear constructive feedback about the future of a Curtis Street pocket park from more than a small number of residents. Please share your recommendations and reasoning using this resident-published survey. Web Link And keep in mind that your choice is not simply between keeping and removing the existing temporary pock park. I appreciate your participation and will publish a summary of responses.

Comments

Posted by Peter Carpenter
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Sep 8, 2017 at 12:14 pm

Peter Carpenter is a registered user.

Using the Town Square to solicit participation in a survey will inevitably produce a biased and non-representative sample of our community.

Using a Facebook based survey I was able to precisely match the the survey participants' demographics with the census demographics of the Fire District.


Posted by Lazlo Toth
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Sep 8, 2017 at 5:04 pm

Yes. Look at how well Putin used micro-targetting thru FaceBook.

FaceBook knows all, Peter.


Posted by Lazlo Toth
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Sep 8, 2017 at 5:08 pm

"TECHNOLOGY
Fake Russian Facebook Accounts Bought $100,000 in Political Ads”

All hail the wisdom of FaceBook.


Posted by Dana Hendrickson
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Sep 9, 2017 at 12:27 pm

This survey should be viewed as a straw poll on how residents think; it is not statistically significant market research. As such it provides useful information otherwise unavailable to residents and our city. It is being conducted thru The Almanac, Nextdoor and resident email lists. I encourage everyone to share it with their neighbors and friends. The more responses, the more useful the information. Thanks.


Posted by statistician
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Sep 12, 2017 at 10:46 am

"the more response, the more useful the information"
Ahh no. Not if the data are not gathered in a statistically valid way. More is just more, but not more valid.