Short answer: You couldn't hang your hat on the results.

Long answer: ... But not because of the sample size, which is smaller than ideal but adequate.

The reason, first and foremost, is that the sample is self-selecting. People vote if they feel like voting and don't if they don't. That means the sample is necessarily non-representative of BAUT's population (even the subset of active members.)

Just as bad from a study standpoint, the survey is not blinded (neither single or double). This thread itself means that the participants and the people conducting the survey are aware of the results as they are tallied, and often before a vote is cast.

And beyond the lack of basic scientific controls, there are signs of other confounding factors at play (such as the folks voting to the bell curve because it's funny.)

That said, this result will still be useful for the admin, as it's a pretty clear indication that BAUTers as a whole don't feel strongly about the matter, either way. (Self-selecting surveys tend to bias towards the extremes. The more polarizing a question, the greater the effect. For the same reason, the center positions can actually be significantly under-reported compared to the actual population.)

It means the admin are more or less free to act to their preferences without an expectation of major repercussions. (No riots, no bits of ticker tape to vacuum out of the corners. Etc.)

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