Comment Re:56 percent (Score 1) 160
What I find more interesting than this so-called poll is the lack of transparency from AP-NORC. Where is the ANOVA? What polling methodology was used? Who and more importantly, where, was the sample audience? None of this seems to be available online. Also, why does the provided link point to an ad-laden Yahoo site vs AP-NORC directly? Why too is there scarce online detail on the Trump-quoted American Academy of Sleep Medicine?
A proper ANOVA would need to at least track the latitude of those polled. A good poll would also differentiate those who have lived where there was no clock change vs those who have not, in the US during the energy crisis for example. For sure it must track computer programmers who have to deal with cron-dependent software. Statistically valid methodology also has to test a null hypothesis. I'd bet making these sorts of distinctions, across a much larger sample, would show different results.
As a kid in the US during year-round DST for example, I did not feel safe about having to bicycle to school in the dark. Why is there no polling detail on these sorts of pros and cons?
Those of us with some background in statistics and epidemiology are inclined to chalk this up to news media's increasing tendency to polarization and US education's utter failure to prepare students to be critical consumers of such claims.