Fall 2017
In-person surveys
Fall 2017 was the first college semester in Ben the Survey Guy's surveying career. With increased diversity in the population, he was able to obtain more interesting results for his surveys. Additionally, he created his long awaited Twitter account, allowing people who couldn't answer the in-person questions to participate too.
Below is a selection of questions asked during this period.
Are you left handed or right handed?
Date Asked: June 29, 2017
Sample Size: 140
Results (In Person):
Left: 24
Right: 111
Ambidextrous: 5
In Person Results
Sample Size: 138
Results (Twitter):
Left: 13
Right: 118
Ambidextrous: 7
Twitter Results
Have you ever been bitten by another person?
Date Asked: June 30, 2017
Sample Size: 136
Results (In Person):
Yes: 57
No: 79
In Person Results
Sample Size: 167
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 127
No: 40
Twitter Results
Would you rather go one day without your phone or a day without the Internet?
Date Asked: July 06, 2017
Sample Size: 119
Results (In Person):
Phone: 51
Internet: 68
In Person Results
Sample Size: 119
Results (Twitter):
Phone: 54
Internet: 65
Twitter Results
Do you prefer regular pencils or mechanical pencils?
Date Asked: July 07, 2017
Sample Size: 226
Results (In Person):
Regular: 60
Mechanical: 166
In Person Results
Sample Size: 115
Results (Twitter):
Regular: 26
Mechanical: 89
Twitter Results
Have you ever had braces?
Date Asked: July 10, 2017
Sample Size: 211
Results (In Person):
Yes: 116
No: 95
In Person Results
Sample Size: 116
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 84
No: 32
Twitter Results
Have you ever texted while driving?
Date Asked: July 11, 2017
Sample Size: 176
Results (In Person):
Yes: 105
No: 71
In Person Results
Sample Size: 117
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 71
No: 46
Twitter Results
Do you like Spongebob?
Date Asked: July 12, 2017
Sample Size: 298
Results (In Person):
Yes: 221
No: 77
In Person Results
Sample Size: 106
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 69
No: 24
Used to: 13
Twitter Results
Would you rather listen to an obnoxious conversation or a crying baby?
Date Asked: July 13, 2017
Sample Size: 132
Results (In Person):
Obnoxious conversation: 95
Crying baby: 37
In Person Results
Sample Size: 127
Results (Twitter):
Obnoxious conversation: 83
Crying baby: 44
Twitter Results
Do you use sunscreen?
Date Asked: July 14, 2017
Sample Size: 127
Results (In Person):
Yes: 65
No: 36
In Person Results
Sample Size: 101
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 26
No: 28
Sometimes: 61
Twitter Results
Is the thumb a finger?
Date Asked: July 17, 2017
Sample Size: 344
Results (In Person):
Yes: 234
No: 110
In Person Results
Sample Size: 115
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 85
No: 30
Twitter Results
Have you ever peed in the pool?
Date Asked: July 19, 2017
Sample Size: 114
Results (In Person):
Yes: 66
No: 48
In Person Results
Sample Size: 102
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 68
No: 34
Twitter Results
If there was a pill replacement to food, would you use it?
Date Asked: July 20, 2017
Sample Size: 114
Results (In Person):
Yes: 20
No: 85
Sometimes: 9
In Person Results
Sample Size: 123
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 18
No: 56
Sometimes: 49
Twitter Results
Do you enjoy thunderstorms?
Date Asked: July 25, 2017
Sample Size: 129
Results (In Person):
Yes: 81
No: 37
In Person Results
Sample Size: 117
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 90
No: 27
Twitter Results
Do you use Facebook?
Date Asked: July 27, 2017
Sample Size: 193
Results (In Person):
Yes: 105
No: 88
In Person Results
Sample Size: 100
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 57
No: 43
Twitter Results
Would you rather be unable to run or unable to jump?
Date Asked: July 28, 2017
Sample Size: 123
Results (In Person):
No run: 15
No jump: 108
In Person Results
Sample Size: 107
Results (Twitter):
No run: 22
No jump: 85
Twitter Results
Have you ever dropped your phone in the toilet?
Date Asked: July 31, 2017
Sample Size: 127
Results (In Person):
Yes: 29
No: 88
In Person Results
Sample Size: 103
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 18
No: 85
Twitter Results
Would you rather never have to tie shoes or never have to untangle headphone cords?
Date Asked: August 01, 2017
Sample Size: 141
Results (In Person):
Shoelaces: 25
Headphone cords: 116
In Person Results
Sample Size: 100
Results (Twitter):
Shoelaces: 40
Headphone cords: 60
Twitter Results
Do you use Reddit?
Date Asked: August 02, 2017
Sample Size: 110
Results (In Person):
Yes: 25
No: 85
In Person Results
Sample Size: 91
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 21
No: 70
Twitter Results
Do you prefer Swedish meatballs or Italian meatballs?
Date Asked: August 04, 2017
Sample Size: 200
Results (In Person):
Swedish: 60
Italian: 124
Neither: 16
In Person Results
Sample Size: 92
Results (Twitter):
Swedish: 17
Italian: 52
Neither: 23
Twitter Results
Do you prefer using a computer or a smartphone?
Date Asked: August 04, 2017
Sample Size: 192
Results (In Person):
Computer: 60
Smartphone: 118
Depends: 14
In Person Results
Sample Size: 101
Results (Twitter):
Computer: 15
Smartphone: 41
Depends: 45
Twitter Results
Is ain’t a real word?
Date Asked: August 07, 2017
Sample Size: 268
Results (In Person):
Yes: 147
No: 121
In Person Results
Sample Size: 97
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 52
No: 34
Maybe: 11
Twitter Results
Would you rather have dinner for breakfast or breakfast for dinner?
Date Asked: August 09, 2017
Sample Size: 190
Results (In Person):
Dinner for breakfast: 37
Breakfast for dinner: 153
In Person Results
Sample Size: 90
Results (Twitter):
Dinner for breakfast: 16
Breakfast for dinner: 74
Twitter Results
Have you jumped in the past week?
Date Asked: August 19, 2017
Sample Size: 238
Results (In Person):
Yes: 148
No: 90
In Person Results
Sample Size: 108
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 92
No: 16
Twitter Results
Do you prefer using paper towels or the hand dryer?
Date Asked: August 20, 2017
Sample Size: 221
Results (In Person):
Paper towels: 174
Hand dryer: 47
In Person Results
Sample Size: 111
Results (Twitter):
Paper towels: 101
Hand dryer: 10
Twitter Results
Have you ever caught a shirt at a sports event?
Date Asked: August 21, 2017
Sample Size: 285
Results (In Person):
Yes: 51
No: 234
In Person Results
Sample Size: 113
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 48
No: 65
Twitter Results
Have you ever lost your phone?
Date Asked: August 22, 2017
Sample Size: 245
Results (In Person):
Yes: 85
No: 160
In Person Results
Sample Size: 108
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 79
No: 29
Twitter Results
Would you rather be unable to shower or unable to brush your teeth?
Date Asked: August 23, 2017
Sample Size: 201
Results (In Person):
Shower: 84
Toothbrush: 117
In Person Results
Sample Size: 101
Results (Twitter):
Shower: 36
Toothbrush: 65
Twitter Results
Would you rather have to eat your favorite food every day, or never again?
Date Asked: August 25, 2017
Sample Size: 159
Results (In Person):
Every day: 87
Never again: 72
In Person Results
Sample Size: 121
Results (Twitter):
Every day: 82
Never again: 39
Twitter Results
Do you know any of your second cousins?
Date Asked: August 28, 2017
Sample Size: 316
Results (In Person):
Yes: 166
No: 150
In Person Results
Sample Size: 93
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 70
No: 23
Twitter Results
How old were you when your parents stopped waking you up in the morning?
Date Asked: August 29, 2017
Sample Size: 170
Results (In Person):
Elementary: 47
Middle: 75
High: 29
College: 18
In Person Results
Sample Size: 107
Results (Twitter):
Elementary: 15
Middle: 35
High: 35
College: 22
Twitter Results
When someone is ill, should they rest or tough it out?
Date Asked: August 30, 2017
Sample Size: 309
Results (In Person):
Rest: 178
Tough it out: 106
Depends: 35
In Person Results
Sample Size: 105
Results (Twitter):
Rest: 30
Tough it out: 15
Depends: 60
Twitter Results
Have you ever had to use crutches?
Date Asked: August 31, 2017
Sample Size: 507
Results (In Person):
Yes: 147
No: 360
In Person Results
Sample Size: 110
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 46
No: 64
Twitter Results
Do you prefer chicken fingers or chicken nuggets?
Date Asked: September 01, 2017
Sample Size: 318
Results (In Person):
Fingers: 186
Nuggets: 132
In Person Results
Sample Size: 103
Results (Twitter):
Fingers: 54
Nuggets: 36
Neither: 13
Twitter Results
Do you have a positive, negative, or neutral opinion of babies?
Date Asked: September 06, 2017
Sample Size: 160
Results (In Person):
Positive: 90
Negative: 21
Neutral: 49
In Person Results
Sample Size: 114
Results (Twitter):
Positive: 53
Negative: 23
Neutral: 38
Twitter Results
Do any of your family members have the same birthday month as you?
Date Asked: September 08, 2017
Sample Size: 293
Results (In Person):
Yes: 75
No: 218
In Person Results
Sample Size: 114
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 54
No: 60
Twitter Results
Do you prefer hard pretzels or soft pretzels?
Date Asked: September 13, 2017
Sample Size: 411
Results (In Person):
Hard: 72
Soft: 339
In Person Results
Sample Size: 106
Results (Twitter):
Hard: 25
Soft: 81
Twitter Results
Have you ever won a game but regretted playing?
Date Asked: September 14, 2017
Sample Size: 217
Results (In Person):
Yes: 48
No: 169
In Person Results
Sample Size: 111
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 40
No: 71
Twitter Results
Should the cheese go on the chips or to the side?
Date Asked: September 15, 2017
Sample Size: 333
Results (In Person):
On chips: 113
To the side: 220
In Person Results
Sample Size: 111
Results (Twitter):
On chips: 40
To the side: 71
Twitter Results
Did you eat any bread yesterday?
Date Asked: September 16, 2017
Sample Size: 262
Results (In Person):
Yes: 156
No: 106
In Person Results
Sample Size: 125
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 110
No: 15
Twitter Results
Would you rather stay up all night or sleep in all day?
Date Asked: September 17, 2017
Sample Size: 190
Results (In Person):
Stay up: 100
Sleep in: 90
In Person Results
Sample Size: 117
Results (Twitter):
Stay up: 56
Sleep in: 61
Twitter Results
Have you ever been to a wedding?
Date Asked: September 19, 2017
Sample Size: 435
Results (In Person):
Yes: 328
No: 107
In Person Results
Sample Size: 123
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 112
No: 11
Twitter Results
Would you rather be able to go invisible but only for ten seconds at a time or fly but only two feet off the ground?
Date Asked: September 21, 2017
Sample Size: 331
Results (In Person):
Invisibility: 182
Flight: 149
In Person Results
Sample Size: 104
Results (Twitter):
Invisibility: 53
Flight: 51
Twitter Results
Have you ever cheated on a test?
Date Asked: September 22, 2017
Sample Size: 550
Results (In Person):
Yes: 228
No: 322
In Person Results
Sample Size: 104
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 87
No: 17
Twitter Results
Your phone is making a loud noise you can’t disable. Would you still take it in public?
Date Asked: September 25, 2017
Sample Size: 356
Results (In Person):
Yes: 130
No: 226
In Person Results
Sample Size: 134
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 41
No: 93
Twitter Results
Do you prefer cats or dogs?
Date Asked: September 27, 2017
Sample Size: 710
Results (In Person):
Cats: 105
Dogs: 605
In Person Results
Sample Size: 115
Results (Twitter):
Cats: 22
Dogs: 93
Twitter Results
Have you ever brushed your teeth in the shower?
Date Asked: September 29, 2017
Sample Size: 847
Results (In Person):
Yes (Male): 175
Yes (Female): 224
No (Male): 230
No (Female): 218
In Person Results
Sample Size: 125
Results (Twitter):
Yes (Male): 17
Yes (Female): 39
No (Male): 37
No (Female): 32
Twitter Results
Do you own a working VCR?
Date Asked: October 03, 2017
Sample Size: 481
Results (In Person):
Yes: 102
No: 379
In Person Results
Sample Size: 131
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 57
No: 74
Twitter Results
Did you vomit in the past year?
Date Asked: October 04, 2017
Sample Size: 193
Results (In Person):
Yes (Male): 64
Yes (Female): 16
No (Male): 87
No (Female): 26
In Person Results
Sample Size: 114
Results (Twitter):
Yes (Male): 37
Yes (Female): 44
No (Male): 12
No (Female): 21
Twitter Results
Do you prefer using the elevator or the stairs?
Date Asked: October 05, 2017
Sample Size: 574
Results (In Person):
Elevator: 276
Stairs: 298
In Person Results
Sample Size: 113
Results (Twitter):
Elevator: 50
Stairs: 63
Twitter Results
Have you ever been above floor 40 in a building?
Date Asked: October 06, 2017
Sample Size: 364
Results (In Person):
Yes: 127
No: 237
In Person Results
Sample Size: 106
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 69
No: 37
Twitter Results
Would you still sleep if you didn’t have to?
Date Asked: October 07, 2017
Sample Size: 404
Results (In Person):
Yes (Male): 102
Yes (Female): 152
No (Male): 83
No (Female): 67
In Person Results
Sample Size: 110
Results (Twitter):
Yes (Male): 28
Yes (Female): 48
No (Male): 15
No (Female): 19
Twitter Results
Would you rather work five 8-hour shifts or four 10-hour shifts?
Date Asked: October 10, 2017
Sample Size: 290
Results (In Person):
5 * 8: 96
4 * 10: 194
In Person Results
Sample Size: 98
Results (Twitter):
5 * 8: 40
4 * 10: 58
Twitter Results
Do you have a tattoo?
Date Asked: October 11, 2017
Sample Size: 359
Results (In Person):
Yes: 39
No: 320
In Person Results
Sample Size: 114
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 13
No: 101
Twitter Results
Is Subway a fast food restaurant?
Date Asked: October 12, 2017
Sample Size: 455
Results (In Person):
Yes: 375
No: 80
In Person Results
Sample Size: 120
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 100
No: 20
Twitter Results
Do you prefer milk or orange juice?
Date Asked: October 13, 2017
Sample Size: 435
Results (In Person):
Milk: 197
Orange juice: 218
Neither: 20
In Person Results
Sample Size: 123
Results (Twitter):
Milk: 60
Orange juice: 49
Neither: 14
Twitter Results
Do you eat mac n cheese with a fork or a spoon?
Date Asked: October 14, 2017
Sample Size: 545
Results (In Person):
Fork: 404
Spoon: 88
Either: 39
Not at all: 14
In Person Results
Sample Size: 123
Results (Twitter):
Fork: 82
Spoon: 15
Either: 23
Not at all: 3
Twitter Results
Do you prefer Sheetz or WaWa?
Date Asked: October 16, 2017
Sample Size: 64
Results (In Person):
Sheetz: 20
WaWa: 44
In Person Results
Sample Size: 354
Results (Twitter):
Sheetz: 250
WaWa: 104
Twitter Results
Have you ever lost a best friend?
Date Asked: October 17, 2017
Sample Size: 536
Results (In Person):
Yes: 309
No: 227
In Person Results
Sample Size: 350
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 312
No: 38
Twitter Results
Would you support replacing cashiers with automated robots?
Date Asked: October 20, 2017
Sample Size: 369
Results (In Person):
Yes: 91
No: 278
In Person Results
Sample Size: 188
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 45
No: 143
Twitter Results
Do you believe in a soul?
Date Asked: October 21, 2017
Sample Size: 520
Results (In Person):
Yes: 398
No: 83
Undecided: 39
In Person Results
Sample Size: 130
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 85
No: 14
Undecided: 31
Twitter Results
Do you drink regular soda, diet soda, or no soda?
Date Asked: October 24, 2017
Sample Size: 591
Results (In Person):
Regular: 208
Diet: 68
None: 315
In Person Results
Sample Size: 181
Results (Twitter):
Regular: 81
Diet: 15
None: 85
Twitter Results
Do you know what a frocket is?
Date Asked: October 25, 2017
Sample Size: 290
Results (In Person):
Yes: 50
No: 240
In Person Results
Sample Size: 189
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 38
No: 151
Twitter Results
Do you like Halloween?
Date Asked: October 27, 2017
Sample Size: 378
Results (In Person):
Yes: 327
No: 51
In Person Results
Sample Size: 161
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 122
No: 39
Twitter Results
Have you ever spent twelve straight hours in an airport?
Date Asked: October 31, 2017
Sample Size: 476
Results (In Person):
Yes: 163
No: 313
In Person Results
Sample Size: 170
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 58
No: 112
Twitter Results
Is 4:00 AM late at night or early in the morning?
Date Asked: November 01, 2017
Sample Size: 240
Results (In Person):
Late at night: 105
Early morning: 135
In Person Results
Sample Size: 190
Results (Twitter):
Late at night: 66
Early morning: 97
Depends on weekday: 27
Twitter Results
Is clear a color?
Date Asked: November 03, 2017
Sample Size: 564
Results (In Person):
Yes: 78
No: 486
In Person Results
Sample Size: 164
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 20
No: 144
Twitter Results
Do you prefer Starbucks or Dunkin’?
Date Asked: November 04, 2017
Sample Size: 688
Results (In Person):
Starbucks: 294
Dunkin: 375
Neither: 19
In Person Results
Sample Size: 130
Results (Twitter):
Starbucks: 32
Dunkin: 63
Neither: 16
Coffee or food?: 19
Twitter Results
Have you ever spent more than a straight week outside the US?
Date Asked: November 06, 2017
Sample Size: 80
Results (In Person):
Yes: 53
No: 27
In Person Results
Sample Size: 158
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 104
No: 54
Twitter Results
Do you have an uncle named Robert?
Date Asked: November 07, 2017
Sample Size: 654
Results (In Person):
Yes: 149
No: 505
In Person Results
Sample Size: 170
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 37
No: 133
Twitter Results
Do you prefer potato chips or tortilla chips?
Date Asked: November 09, 2017
Sample Size: 630
Results (In Person):
Potato chips: 279
Tortilla chips: 351
In Person Results
Sample Size: 159
Results (Twitter):
Potato chips: 64
Tortilla chips: 95
Twitter Results
Do you consider yourself lazy?
Date Asked: November 10, 2017
Sample Size: 489
Results (In Person):
Yes (Male): 125
Yes (Female): 114
No (Male): 116
No (Female): 134
In Person Results
Sample Size: 173
Results (Twitter):
Yes (Male): 44
Yes (Female): 58
No (Male): 31
No (Female): 40
Twitter Results
Is a hot dog a sandwich?
Date Asked: November 11, 2017
Sample Size: 629
Results (In Person):
Yes: 150
No: 479
In Person Results
Sample Size: 162
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 26
No: 136
Twitter Results
How many c’s are in your first name?
Date Asked: November 14, 2017
Sample Size: 723
Results (In Person):
None: 526
One: 184
Two or more: 13
In Person Results
Sample Size: 187
Results (Twitter):
None: 143
One: 44
Twitter Results
What’s your name for this sandwich?
Date Asked: November 15, 2017
Sample Size: 256
Results (In Person):
Sub: 155
Hoagie: 92
Other: 9
In Person Results
Sample Size: 185
Results (Twitter):
Sub: 113
Hoagie: 61
Other: 11
Twitter Results
You can freeze the weather to a certain season. Would you do it? If so, to what season?
Date Asked: November 16, 2017
Sample Size: 496
Results (In Person):
I wouldn’t: 170
Fall: 106
Winter: 21
Spring: 77
Summer: 122
In Person Results
Sample Size: 196
Results (Twitter):
I wouldn’t: 56
Fall: 49
Winter: 6
Spring: 37
Summer: 48
Twitter Results
Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Date Asked: November 17, 2017
Sample Size: 391
Results (In Person):
Yes: 224
No: 167
In Person Results
Sample Size: 166
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 92
No: 74
Twitter Results
Should people be allowed to hang Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving?
Date Asked: November 18, 2017
Sample Size: 404
Results (In Person):
Yes: 234
No: 170
In Person Results
Sample Size: 175
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 84
No: 91
Twitter Results
Is the glass half full or half empty?
Date Asked: November 28, 2017
Sample Size: 339
Results (In Person):
Half full: 296
Half empty: 43
In Person Results
Sample Size: 189
Results (Twitter):
Half full: 100
Half empty: 26
It’s less than half: 30
Filling or emptying?: 33
Twitter Results
Try to select the less picked category.
Date Asked: November 30, 2017
Sample Size: 346
Results (In Person):
Category A: 100
Category B: 246
In Person Results
Sample Size: 172
Results (Twitter):
Category A: 97
Category B: 75
Twitter Results
Do you prefer being indoors or outdoors?
Date Asked: December 01, 2017
Sample Size: 586
Results (In Person):
Indoors: 161
Outdoors: 397
Depends: 28
In Person Results
Sample Size: 167
Results (Twitter):
Indoors: 27
Outdoors: 49
Out winter in summer: 13
In winter out summer: 78
Twitter Results
Do you shower in the morning or in the evening?
Date Asked: December 04, 2017
Sample Size: 579
Results (In Person):
Morning: 169
Evening: 314
Both: 96
In Person Results
Sample Size: 183
Results (Twitter):
Morning: 40
Evening: 72
Depends: 50
I shower multiple times a day: 21
Twitter Results
Do you prefer grape jelly or strawberry jelly?
Date Asked: December 07, 2017
Sample Size: 428
Results (In Person):
Grape: 191
Strawberry: 201
Neither: 36
In Person Results
Sample Size: 177
Results (Twitter):
Grape: 78
Strawberry: 70
Neither: 29
Twitter Results
Do you prefer smooth or chunky peanut butter?
Date Asked: December 13, 2017
Sample Size: 310
Results (In Person):
Smooth: 245
Chunky: 57
Neither: 8
In Person Results
Sample Size: 171
Results (Twitter):
Smooth: 118
Chunky: 41
Neither: 12
Twitter Results
Have you ever eaten tofu?
Date Asked: December 14, 2017
Sample Size: 150
Results (In Person):
Yes: 72
No: 78
In Person Results
Sample Size: 182
Results (Twitter):
Yes, liked it: 54
Yes, didn’t like it: 40
No: 88