Spring 2018
In-person surveys
The spring 2018 semester was the second semester of Ben the Survey Guy's freshman year. During this period, he was able to further refine his college surveying method, both in person and on Twitter. This allowed for large, albeit variable survey populations in both formats.
Below is a selection of surveys from this time period.
On a plane, would you rather have more legroom or more arm room?
Date Asked: January 08, 2018
Sample Size: 240
Results (In Person):
Legroom: 214
Armroom: 26
In Person Results
Sample Size: 157
Results (Twitter):
Legroom: 112
Armroom: 45
Twitter Results
Do you use a desktop computer on a regular basis?
Date Asked: January 09, 2018
Sample Size: 262
Results (In Person):
Yes: 32
No: 230
In Person Results
Sample Size: 168
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 27
No: 141
Twitter Results
Have you ever been kicked out of a public place?
Date Asked: January 13, 2018
Sample Size: 52
Results (In Person):
Yes: 13
No: 39
In Person Results
Sample Size: 166
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 47
No: 119
Twitter Results
Have you ever poured water into cereal?
Date Asked: January 16, 2018
Sample Size: 354
Results (In Person):
Yes: 24
No: 320
In Person Results
Sample Size: 193
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 14
No: 179
Twitter Results
What’s the coldest outdoor temperature you will run an air conditioner at?
Date Asked: January 17, 2018
Sample Size: 159
Results (In Person):
Under 60F: 47
60s: 63
70s: 30
Above 80F: 19
In Person Results
Sample Size: 206
Results (Twitter):
Under 60F: 15
60s: 60
70s: 98
Above 80F: 33
Twitter Results
Have you ever carried someone who wasn’t a family member?
Date Asked: January 18, 2018
Sample Size: 274
Results (In Person):
Yes: 220
No: 54
In Person Results
Sample Size: 204
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 188
No: 16
Twitter Results`
Have you given up on your New Year’s resolution?
Date Asked: January 20, 2018
Sample Size: 209
Results (In Person):
Yes: 38
No: 98
Never had one: 73
In Person Results
Sample Size: 160
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 50
No: 24
Never had one: 86
Twitter Results
Would you rather be able to communicate with animals or speak any language?
Date Asked: January 22, 2018
Sample Size: 249
Results (In Person):
Talk to animals: 104
Speak any language: 145
In Person Results
Sample Size: 210
Results (Twitter):
Talk to animals: 94
Speak any language: 116
Twitter Results
Does your favorite pizza type have pepperoni?
Date Asked: January 23, 2018
Sample Size: 395
Results (In Person):
Yes: 116
No: 279
In Person Results
Sample Size: 219
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 63
No: 156
Twitter Results
Would you rather be uncomfortably hot or uncomfortably cold?
Date Asked: January 24, 2018
Sample Size:
Results (In Person):
Hot: 109
Cold: 211
In Person Results
Sample Size:
Results (Twitter):
Hot: 86
Cold: 151
Twitter Results
Have you ever licked your phone?
Date Asked: January 25, 2018
Sample Size: 317
Results (In Person):
Yes: 125
No: 192
In Person Results
Sample Size: 210
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 106
No: 104
Twitter Results
How many holes does a straw have?
Date Asked: January 26, 2018
Sample Size: 204
Results (In Person):
One: 112
Two: 92
In Person Results
Sample Size: 256
Results (Twitter):
One: 172
Two: 84
Twitter Results
Do you prefer small dogs, medium dogs, or large dogs?
Date Asked: January 31, 2018
Sample Size: 263
Results (In Person):
Small: 61
Medium: 77
Large: 104
No preference: 21
In Person Results
Sample Size: 206
Results (Twitter):
Small: 25
Medium: 89
Large: 85
None: 7
Twitter Results
Do you frequently use the contraction imma?
Date Asked: February 02, 2018
Sample Size: 105
Results (In Person):
Yes: 25
No: 80
In Person Results
Sample Size: 191
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 78
No: 113
Twitter Results
Have you ever been in a small boat?
Date Asked: February 06, 2018
Sample Size: 517
Results (In Person):
Yes: 443
No: 74
In Person Results
Sample Size: 202
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 187
No: 15
Twitter Results
Do you listen to rap music?
Date Asked: February 08, 2018
Sample Size: 442
Results (In Person):
Yes (Male): 142
Yes (Female): 214
No (Male): 32
No (Female): 54
In Person Results
Sample Size: 210
Results (Twitter):
Yes (Male): 82
Yes (Female): 79
No (Male): 14
No (Female): 35
Twitter Results
Have you ever successfully climbed a tree?
Date Asked: February 09, 2018
Sample Size: 111
Results (In Person):
Yes: 56
No: 55
In Person Results
Sample Size: 234
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 188
No: 46
Twitter Results
Have you ever been on a ship?
Date Asked: February 12, 2018
Sample Size: 240
Results (In Person):
Yes: 153
No: 87
In Person Results
Sample Size: 196
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 143
No: 53
Twitter Results
Do you have a positive, negative, or neutral opinion of Valentine’s Day?
Date Asked: February 14, 2018
Sample Size: 339
Results (In Person):
Positive (Male): 48
Negative (Male): 12
Neutral (Male): 79
Positive (Female): 71
Negative (Female): 34
Neutral (Female): 95
In Person Results
Sample Size: 343
Results (Twitter):
Positive (Male): 54
Negative (Male): 28
Neutral (Male): 101
Positive (Female): 39
Negative (Female): 29
Neutral (Female): 92
Twitter Results
Can you roll your r’s?
Date Asked: February 15, 2018
Sample Size: 510
Results (In Person):
Yes: 273
No: 237
In Person Results
Sample Size: 191
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 103
No: 88
Twitter Results
Have you ever stayed up for 24 straight hours?
Date Asked: February 16, 2018
Sample Size: 84
Results (In Person):
Yes: 48
No: 36
In Person Results
Sample Size: 233
Results (Twitter):
46 or more: 27
Yes but not 46: 146
No: 60
Twitter Results
Does pineapple belong on pizza?
Date Asked: February 19, 2018
Sample Size: 418
Results (In Person):
Yes: 135
No: 283
In Person Results
Sample Size: 232
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 87
No: 145
Twitter Results
Would you call a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
Date Asked: February 20, 2018
Sample Size: 485
Results (In Person):
Fruit: 256
Vegetable: 229
In Person Results
Sample Size: 215
Results (Twitter):
Fruit: 96
Vegetable: 119
Twitter Results
Is water wet?
Date Asked: February 23, 2018
Sample Size: 129
Results (In Person):
Yes: 67
No: 62
In Person Results
Sample Size: 221
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 109
No: 112
Twitter Results
Do you sleep with socks on?
Date Asked: February 26, 2018
Sample Size: 352
Results (In Person):
Yes: 46
No: 284
Sometimes: 22
In Person Results
Sample Size: 242
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 22
No: 169
Sometimes: 51
Twitter Results
Are tennis balls green or yellow?
Date Asked: February 27, 2018
Sample Size: 622
Results (In Person):
Green: 342
Yellow: 280
In Person Results
Sample Size: 239
Results (Twitter):
Green: 149
Yellow: 90
Twitter Results
Have you ever eaten a kiwi?
Date Asked: February 28, 2018
Sample Size: 339
Results (In Person):
Yes: 227
No: 112
In Person Results
Sample Size: 240
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 179
No: 61
Twitter Results
Do you prefer bone-in or boneless chicken wings?
Date Asked: March 02, 2018
Sample Size: 117
Results (In Person):
Bone-in: 44
Boneless: 73
In Person Results
Sample Size: 199
Results (Twitter):
Bone-in: 83
Boneless: 102
Neither: 14
Twitter Results
Have you ever been to a country where English wasn’t widely spoken?
Date Asked: March 12, 2018
Sample Size: 287
Results (In Person):
Yes: 160
No: 127
In Person Results
Sample Size: 242
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 125
No: 117
Twitter Results
If a stranger offered you $50 to sniff your armpit, would you take the money?
Date Asked: March 13, 2018
Sample Size: 567
Results (In Person):
Yes: 463
No: 104
In Person Results
Sample Size: 244
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 205
No: 39
Twitter Results
Do you prefer cake or pie?
Date Asked: March 14, 2018
Sample Size: 308
Results (In Person):
Cake: 218
Pie: 90
In Person Results
Sample Size: 209
Results (Twitter):
Cake: 151
Pie: 58
Twitter Results
Have you ever smoked?
Date Asked: March 15, 2018
Sample Size: 524
Results (In Person):
Yes: 284
No: 240
In Person Results
Sample Size: 205
Results (Twitter):
Yes, cigarettes: 32
Yes, not cigarettes: 92
No: 81
Twitter Results
Do you prefer the music of Beyonce or Rihanna?
Date Asked: March 16, 2018
Sample Size: 87
Results (In Person):
Beyonce: 55
Rihanna: 32
In Person Results
Sample Size: 206
Results (Twitter):
Beyonce: 80
Rihanna: 81
Neither: 45
Twitter Results
Have you ever been stuck in an elevator?
Date Asked: March 19, 2018
Sample Size: 541
Results (In Person):
Yes: 154
No: 387
In Person Results
Sample Size: 235
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 50
No: 185
Twitter Results
Would you eat lab-grown meat if it was otherwise identical to the real thing?
Date Asked: March 22, 2018
Sample Size: 649
Results (In Person):
Yes (Male): 182
Yes (Female): 106
No (Male): 70
No (Female): 291
In Person Results
Sample Size: 203
Results (Twitter):
Yes (Male): 51
Yes (Female): 39
No (Male): 32
No (Female):81
Twitter Results
Have you ever driven while barefoot?
Date Asked: March 27, 2018
Sample Size: 557
Results (In Person):
Yes: 544
No: 213
In Person Results
Sample Size: 229
Results (Twitter):
Regularly: 29
Yes: 139
No: 61
Twitter Results
Do you recycle?
Date Asked: March 28, 2018
Sample Size: 288
Results (In Person):
Yes: 234
No: 38
Sometimes: 16
In Person Results
Sample Size: 174
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 97
No: 11
Sometimes: 66
Twitter Results
Do you have a positive, negative, or neutral opinion of April Fool’s Day?
Date Asked: March 29, 2018
Sample Size: 644
Results (In Person):
Positive: 316
Negative: 41
Neutral: 287
In Person Results
Sample Size: 178
Results (Twitter):
Positive: 60
Negative: 19
Neutral: 99
Twitter Results
If you need to be on the third floor, would you take the elevator?
Date Asked: April 03, 2018
Sample Size: 578
Results (In Person):
Yes: 315
No: 249
Depends: 14
In Person Results
Sample Size: 327
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 156
No: 171
Twitter Results
Do you prefer to pay by cash or by card?
Date Asked: April 04, 2018
Sample Size: 270
Results (In Person):
Cash: 90
Card: 180
In Person Results
Sample Size: 269
Results (Twitter):
Cash: 101
Card: 168
Twitter Results
Have you ever gotten a professional manicure?
Date Asked: April 06, 2018
Sample Size: 303
Results (In Person):
Yes (Male): 9
Yes (Female): 171
No (Male): 108
No (Female): 15
In Person Results
Sample Size: 252
Results (Twitter):
Yes (Male): 8
Yes (Female): 149
No (Male): 86
No (Female): 9
Twitter Results
Have you eaten at McDonald’s since the week began?
Date Asked: April 12, 2018
Sample Size: 690
Results (In Person):
Yes: 69
No: 621
In Person Results
Sample Size: 244
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 37
No: 207
Twitter Results
Have you finished a game of Monopoly?
Date Asked: April 13, 2018
Sample Size: 424
Results (In Person):
Yes: 265
No: 159
In Person Results
Sample Size: 272
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 179
No: 93
Twitter Results
When using a banana as a phone, which way should the stem point?
Date Asked: April 14, 2018
Sample Size: 368
Results (In Person):
Up: 332
Down: 36
In Person Results
Sample Size: 327
Results (Twitter):
Up: 254
Down: 73
Twitter Results
Do you prefer communicating by calling, texting, or Snapchat?
Date Asked: April 15, 2018
Sample Size: 197
Results (In Person):
Calling: 81
Texting: 89
Snapchat: 27
In Person Results
Sample Size: 305
Results (Twitter):
Calling/FaceTime: 93
Texting: 152
Snapchat: 60
Twitter Results
Do you prefer ice cream or milkshakes?
Date Asked: April 16, 2018
Sample Size: 370
Results (In Person):
Ice cream: 215
Milkshake: 155
In Person Results
Sample Size: 291
Results (Twitter):
Ice cream: 139
Milkshake: 141
Neither: 11
Twitter Results
On a hotdog, do you prefer ketchup, mustard, both, or neither?
Date Asked: April 18, 2018
Sample Size: 656
Results (In Person):
Ketchup: 361
Mustard: 66
Both: 108
Neither: 121
In Person Results
Sample Size: 290
Results (Twitter):
Ketchup: 138
Mustard: 26
Both: 69
Neither: 57
Twitter Results
You're offered free food for the rest of your life but every second of your life from now on is available for the public to see. Would you accept the offer?
Date Asked: April 23, 2018
Sample Size: 379
Results (In Person):
Yes: 128
No: 251
In Person Results
Sample Size: 312
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 61
No: 251
Twitter Results
Do you prefer Netflix or Hulu?
Date Asked: April 24, 2018
Sample Size: 707
Results (In Person):
Netflix: 608
Hulu: 99
In Person Results
Sample Size: 248
Results (Twitter):
Netflix: 213
Hulu: 27
Neither: 8
Twitter Results
Have you ever played Risk?
Date Asked: April 25, 2018
Sample Size: 352
Results (In Person):
Yes: 142
No: 210
In Person Results
Sample Size: 248
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 119
No: 129
Twitter Results
Do you know what the third amendment does?
Date Asked: April 26, 2018
Sample Size: 713
Results (In Person):
Yes: 117
No: 596
In Person Results
Sample Size: 235
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 94
No: 141
Twitter Results
If your body was turned into sausages, would you want them to be eaten?
Date Asked: May 01, 2018
Sample Size: 504
Results (In Person):
Yes: 139
No: 365
In Person Results
Sample Size: 359
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 151
No: 208
Twitter Results
Do you regularly drive a car with a bumper sticker?
Date Asked: May 02, 2018
Sample Size: 394
Results (In Person):
Yes: 144
No: 250
In Person Results
Sample Size: 284
Results (Twitter):
Yes: 62
A bumper magnet: 67
No: 155