This looks interesting but demonstrates how surveys and polls are so unreliable and…

This looks interesting but demonstrates how surveys and polls are so unreliable and misleading. 

First, I lived in Southern California for over 30 years and everyone I knew called it Coke. I was the odd ball who called it soda/cola and that's because I was tired of hearing the server say "is Pepsi okay?" (I didn't care)

Second, while 120,464 respondents sounds impressive and a good size sampling, that means there are on average around 40 respondents per county. That's hardly a suitable number when you have counties with populations in the 2-3 MILLION range.

So before you go quoting that study, check to see what their data is based on and if you could stand behind those numbers.

More stats – http://www.popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.html

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7 thoughts on “This looks interesting but demonstrates how surveys and polls are so unreliable and…

  1. SF bay area here,Marin , San Fransisco, and Sonoma, we are Other, because we don't drink that kind of thing or call it by name if we do, I remember ( 3 years) living in Colorado and being freaked out by everyone saying POP!

  2. My grandmother called it pop or soda pop. She was from Utah/Arizona I believe. I always thought it weird as a kid when people didn't just refer to a drink by name. She pretty much always had just Root Beer and Ginger Ale.

    I have always said soda for the generic title. To me soda = anything carbonated and non alcoholic.

    At fast food places I ask for a fountain drink if I'm eating in. 

    I'm in the (east) Bay Area and I've heard everything from cola to pop. Most commonly soda though. 

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