Fall 2017

Twitter Exclusive Surveys

With the opening of his Twitter account in 2017, he was able to offer additional surveys on days that otherwise wouldn’t have one. Said surveys were not asked in person, only to his Twitter followers.

Below is a selection of Twitter exclusive surveys asked during the fall 2017 semester.

How lucky do you consider yourself?

Date Asked: June 15, 2017

Sample Size: 118

Results:

Lucky: 46

Neutral: 58

Unlucky: 14

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Have you ever gotten sick while on vacation?

Date Asked: June 16, 2017

Sample Size: 117

Results:

Yes: 105

No: 12

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Have you voluntarily entered a library in the past year?

Date Asked: June 19, 2017

Sample Size: 97

Results:

Yes: 63

No: 34

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Do you prefer to swim at the pool or at a beach?

Date Asked: June 20, 2017

Sample Size: 87

Results:

The pool: 27

The beach: 48

I don’t swim: 12

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Were you born in the morning or the evening?

Date Asked: June 25, 2017

Sample Size: 86

Results:

AM: 39

PM: 35

I don’t know: 12

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A friend of yours shows you something they made. It’s awful. How do you react?

Date Asked: June 27, 2017

Sample Size: 91

Results:

Compliment it anyway: 28

Offer constructive criticism: 32

Be brutally honest: 26

Change the subject: 5

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Would you rather be a billionaire or have eternal life/youth?

Date Asked: June 28, 2017

Sample Size: 98

Results:

Billionaire: 72

Eternal youth: 26

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Would you rather lose an arm or lose a leg?

Date Asked: July 01, 2017

Sample Size: 124

Results:

Lose an arm: 74

Loser a leg: 50

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Are you allergic to any food?

Date Asked: July 03, 2017

Sample Size: 123

Results:

Yes: 29

No: 94

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Are you able to run a mile in under eight minutes?

Date Asked: July 04, 2017

Sample Size: 106

Results:

Yes: 60

No: 46

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Have you ever gone camping?

Date Asked: July 23, 2017

Sample Size: 116

Results:

Yes: 92

No: 24

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Have you ever done summer school?

Date Asked: July 26, 2017

Sample Size: 111

Results:

Yes: 18

No: 93

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Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

Date Asked: July 29, 2017

Sample Size: 109

Results:

The chicken: 48

The egg: 61

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Do you prefer to wake up early or stay up late?

Date Asked: August 06, 2017

Sample Size: 97

Results:

Wake up early: 19

Stay up late: 78

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Have you ever been to Canada?

Date Asked: August 11, 2017

Sample Size: 111

Results:

Yes: 60

No: 51

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Should humanity pursue time travel?

Date Asked: August 12, 2017

Sample Size: 90

Results:

Actively pursue: 17

Doesn’t matter: 33

We should avoid it: 40

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If you were able to swap genders for a day, would you?

Date Asked: August 14, 2017

Sample Size: 107

Results:

Yes: 96

No: 11

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Have you ever riden in a shopping cart basket?

Date Asked: August 17, 2017

Sample Size: 102

Results:

Yes: 92

No: 10

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Do you think grounding is a good method of punishment?

Date Asked: August 18, 2017

Sample Size: 105

Results:

Yes: 37

No: 68

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Do you like Taylor Swift’s “Look what you made me do?”

Date Asked: August 27, 2017

Sample Size: 88

Results:

Yes: 26

No: 38

Haven’t heard it: 24

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Did you have your own bedroom in high school?

Date Asked: September 02, 2017

Sample Size: 117

Results:

Yes: 109

No: 8

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Do you prefer Big Macs or Whoppers?

Date Asked: September 03, 2017

Sample Size: 100

Results:

Big Mac: 29

Whopper: 8

The Wendy’s burger: 20

None of the above: 43

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In informal written conversations, how do you format the text?

Date Asked: September 04, 2017

Sample Size: 108

Results:

Capitals and punctuation: 50

All in lowercase: 31

Frequent misspellings: 27

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Do you have the same birthday month as any of your friends?

Date Asked: September 09, 2017

Sample Size: 92

Results:

Yes: 68

No: 24

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What’s the longest book you’ve read in full?

Date Asked: September 10, 2017

Sample Size: 113

Results:

Under 500 pages: 30

500-1000 pages: 59

1001-1500 pages: 18

1501 pages or more: 6

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Would you rather have a phone battery that never runs out or an infinite supply of AA batteries?

Date Asked: September 24, 2017

Sample Size: 124

Results:

Infinite phone battery: 115

Infinite AA batteries: 9

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Is ass a swear word?

Date Asked: September 30, 2017

Sample Size: 102

Results:

Yes: 61

No: 41

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Have you ever played a role in a wedding?

Date Asked: October 02, 2017

Sample Size: 106

Results:

Yes: 50

No: 56

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Do you prefer the elevator, the escalator, or the stairs?

Date Asked: October 08, 2017

Sample Size: 105

Results:

Elevator: 16

Escalator: 68

Stairs: 21

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Would you rather work eight hours a day Monday to Friday, or ten hours a day, four days a week, but you can’t pick which four?

Date Asked: October 10, 2017

Sample Size: 81

Results:

8 hours M-F: 47

10 hours four days: 34

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The robots have become the dominant species on Earth. What do you think they will do with the humans?

Date Asked: October 19, 2017

Sample Size: 206

Results:

Enslave them: 79

Kill/eat them: 25

Keep them as pets/a zoo: 55

Ignore them: 47

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Is the automation of low skill work a good, bad, or neutral thing?

Date Asked: October 23, 2017

Sample Size: 129

Results:

Good: 45

Bad: 31

Neutral: 53

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What part of the socks you’re currently wearing cover the ball of your foot?

Date Asked: October 28, 2017

Sample Size:

Results:

The stretchy part: 23

The bend: 45

Beyond the sock bend: 13

I’m not wearing socks: 68

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Is bald a haircut?

Date Asked: November 02, 2017

Sample Size: 186

Results:

Yes: 87

No: 99

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Are your ears pierced?

Date Asked: November 05, 2017

Sample Size: 164

Results:

Yes (Male): 4 Yes (Female): 61

No (Male): 85 No (Female): 14

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Would you rather sit on a cold toilet seat or a warm toilet seat?

Date Asked: November 19, 2017

Sample Size: 177

Results:

Cold: 85

Warm: 92

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Have you ever played Cards Against Humanity?

Date Asked: November 20, 2017

Sample Size: 187

Results:

Yes: 172

No: 15

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Have you downloaded any new apps in the past month?

Date Asked: November 21, 2017

Sample Size: 149

Results:

Yes: 120

No: 29

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Have you ever met anyone famous?

Date Asked: November 22, 2017

Sample Size: 165

Results:

Yes: 111

No: 54

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In the past week, were you in a phone call with a friend or family member?

Date Asked: November 23, 2017

Sample Size: 175

Results:

Yes: 146

No: 29

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Have you ever been to a Black Friday sale?

Date Asked: November 24, 2017

Sample Size: 171

Results:

Yes: 124

No: 47

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Would you rather have an important doorknob in your life be one foot above your height, or at ground level?

Date Asked: November 25, 2017

Sample Size: 155

Results:

One foot above: 132

Ground level: 23

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Which of the following chip brands is your favorite?

Date Asked: November 26, 2017

Sample Size: 144

Results:

Tostitos: 46

Fritos: 17

Cheetos: 19

Doritos: 62

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Is the pictured flask filled halfway?

Date Asked: December 02, 2017

Sample Size: 154

Results:

Yes: 31

No: 123

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Try to select the category that will make all three categories equally selected.

Date Asked: December 03, 2017

Sample Size: 216

Results:

Category A: 57

Category B: 99

Category C: 60

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How would you grade a four person group project where one person didn’t do their part but the other three parts are flawless?

Date Asked: December 05, 2017

Sample Size: 299

Results:

75% to everyone: 22

100% to the three: 149

75% to the three: 8

Some other way: 21

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Try to select the category that will make all four categories equally selected.

Date Asked: December 10, 2017

Sample Size: 193

Results:

Category A: 44

Category B: 37

Category C: 54

Category D: 58

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What percent of nights are you awake later than 2 AM?

Date Asked: December 11, 2017

Sample Size: 173

Results:

Less than 25%: 108

25%-50%: 36

50%-75%: 16

At least 75%: 13

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If you could be a world famous celebrity tomorrow, would you?

Date Asked: December 12, 2017

Sample Size: 191

Results:

Yes: 119

No: 72

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Do you prefer wearing socks or not wearing socks?

Date Asked: December 15, 2017

Sample Size: 169

Results:

Wearing (Male): 49 Wearing (Female): 62

Not wearing (Male): 20 Not wearing (Female): 38

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What percentage of mornings are you awake before 7 AM?

Date Asked: December 16, 2017

Sample Size: 181

Results:

Less than 25%: 102

25% to 50%: 26

50% to 75%: 25

Over 75%: 28

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When receiving gifts, do you prefer to know what you’re getting or to be surprised?

Date Asked: December 18, 2017

Sample Size: 165

Results:

Know what you’re getting: 38

Be surprised: 119

I don’t like getting presents: 8

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Would you want to have telekinesis if it meant you also lost your arms?

Date Asked: December 19, 2017

Sample Size: 157

Results:

Yes: 52

No: 105

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If you were able to grow a tail, would you want one?

Date Asked: December 21, 2017

Sample Size: 137

Results:

Yes: 22

No: 115

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Would you use the term love to describe a close friend?

Date Asked: December 23, 2017

Sample Size: 167

Results:

Yes (Male): 54 Yes (Female): 94

No (Male): 16 No (Female): 3

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Would your favorite song/movie still be your favorite if the person who made it was a serial killer?

Date Asked: December 24, 2017

Sample Size: 143

Results:

Yes: 83

No: 60

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Is it acceptable to use the word “literally” in a figurative sense?

Date Asked: December 26, 2017

Sample Size: 219

Results:

Yes: 74

No: 145

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Have you ever received a massage from a sibling?

Date Asked: December 29, 2017

Sample Size: 153

Results:

Yes: 66

No: 76

Only child: 11

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Will you be setting a New Year’s resolution for 2018?

Date Asked: December 30, 2017

Sample Size: 120

Results:

Yes: 53

No: 67

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Do you work out at a gym?

Date Asked: January 01, 2018

Sample Size: 135

Results:

Yes: 72

No: 63

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Have you ever been to Hawaii?

Date Asked: January 02, 2018

Sample Size: 160

Results:

Yes: 30

No: 130

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You can choose any of the following. Which do you take?

Date Asked: January 03, 2018

Sample Size: 140

Results:

$1000: 101

50% chance of $2000: 34

1/6 chance of $6000: 1

5% chance of $20000: 4

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Can something be modern and classic at the same time?

Date Asked: January 04, 2018

Sample Size: 152

Results:

Yes: 115

No: 37

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Is competitive video gaming a sport?

Date Asked: January 06, 2018

Sample Size: 171

Results:

Yes: 42

No: 129

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