At the end of January, while ruminating the difference in behaviour between men and women on science blogs, I posted this poll asking readers to indicate their gender. In addition, I looked at all the comments on my blog of the last 5 months and looked at the number of male vs. female commenters. I closed the poll on Friday, and here are a couple of pie charts showing the results.
The Big Bang Theory: Badass or Badness?
June 9, 2010 By
After hearing much chatter about it online I finally got round to watching all three seasons of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. And I love it. Then I discovered, however, that some of my bestest scientist friends really dislike it. They think it sets back both the quest for realistic role models in science and the positive portrayal of women. It seems like the cute little sitcom, immensely popular both in the US and in Europe, is dividing opinions (and here, and here) among scientists. It’s been a while since I played around with polls, so here’s one for you. What do you think?
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Misconduct in astronomy: What you said
May 10, 2009 By
Check out the original poll here. But your votes won't be counted anymore. The numbers are percentages.
A couple of weeks ago I posted a poll asking readers “Which of the following constitutes “misconduct” in science?”, followed by a number of scenarios. I finally got round to putting the results into a pretty little graph to show the distribution of your picks. For the statistics aficionados, the numbers reflect the percentage of total votes that was given to that particular option; it isn’t possible to see who-clicked-what with the WordPress-offered polls. [Read more...]
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