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So lets have the true data. Let Frontier release some stats on time spent in each mode.
I realize it will be controversial no matter what but at least we can work out whats going on.. If it turns out I'm the least wanted customer then I can live with t hat.
They wont of course because it would likely upset the chosen ones... Still, I'd like to know
Was this survey posted exclusively on Reddit or was it posted across a wider spectrum such as social media (Facebook/Twitter, etc), 3rd party ED websites such as Inara, in ED Discord groups and on here in the official forum?
If it was just Reddit then the results can only really tell us about the ED Reddit users and nothing more.
From what the OP explained on their Reddit post it seems to have mostly been a Reddit based survey with it being shared on the related Discord servers of the ED, PS4 and Xbox One Reddit users. The OP also saw it on a Facebook group called "Elite Dangerous Community".Sure its somewhere way back in the thread it says it was more than just reddit.
In my opinion this makes the data gathered a good example of the average ED Reddit user as it gives us stats on the ED players who use Reddit. But it cannot be used with any degree of accuracy to assume nor acertain the ED playerbase outside of Reddit. In essence the survey is just a focus group study because it only focused on one group, i.e. the Reddit users group.So, essentially this should be interpreted as a survey regarding the opinions of Elite players who are also active on Reddit. [A self-proclaimed statistics expert in the comments chastised me, saying that this is a false claim and that even considered all my long explanation of hos this survey has limits, it still has no value whatsoever. Take what follows as little more than a creative exercise then]
The survey was advertised on the Eliteangerous, the EliteOne, and the ElitePS subreddits, and in the corresponding Discord servers (although I also saw it posted on a large FB group: “Elite: Dangerous Community”).
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Did we figure out the definition of majority yet or should I check back after another 12 pages?
From what the OP explained on their Reddit post it seems to have mostly been a Reddit based survey with it being shared on the related Discord servers of the ED, PS4 and Xbox One Reddit users. The OP also saw it on a Facebook group called "Elite Dangerous Community".
In my opinion this makes the data gathered a good example of the average ED Reddit user as it gives us stats on the ED players who use Reddit. But it cannot be used with any degree of accuracy to assume nor acertain the ED playerbase outside of Reddit. In essence the survey is just a focus group study because it only focused on one group, i.e. the Reddit users group.
Kudos to the OP for going to all the trouble of doing it but it can only really be considered as a first step, if one is looking to create an accurate statistical analysis of the Elite Dangerous playerbase as a whole. You'd need to compile data from multiple areas, sources and groups such as from the official forum, the Steam discussion board, dedicated social media groups (not just one but many), all the significant 3rd party websites that host ED players such as Inara.cz (where the majority of every significant ED player group has a presence) and their related Discord servers, etc.
Just checking in...
Did we figure out the definition of majority yet or should I check back after another 12 pages?
Good point about Steam, that would only really work if Xbox and PS4 had equivalent points of focus where you could post the survey and then compile the data from all 3 sources.Could I have tried getting the word out in more places? Yes. But there was a reason why I wanted it to be advertised on the 3 subreddits and on the Forum: I wanted to make sure as best as possible that people would come from all 3 platforms. Asking on Steam would've meant getting (even) more PC players. A guy asked me if I wanted to have it posted on an Xbox group (or community? whatever they are called), but I told him i'd rather not to again because it would bias the result of question 1.
Now, the main problem is that they then told me I could not post it here on the Forum. As I said above, the official reason was concerns about IP harvesting. But more honestly I think that they just don't like the idea (see the guy a few posts above who wonders why there are no FDev comments on this thread. I wasn't expecting any TBH).
So all that was left was the 3 subreddits. And hence my long explanatory paragraphs at the beginning of the post (you quote part of it), trying to explain what the limits of the survey (but also what we can learn because of these limits). Having said this, of course I could not control the proliferation of links, and it did end up in many more places than just Reddit. Two examples: the latest episode of Lave Radio had a link to the survey in their show notes page (I did get in touch with them), and this: https://uploadvr.com/let-devs-know-want-elite-dangerous-psvr-survey/. But there's also several more I am not aware of, I'm sure.
Once again, the survey is not perfect, statistically speaking the methodology is wonky, and the results are not scientifically binding. Nonetheless (IMO), it does offer an instructive snapshot.
The age range for example is quite skewed because of that as gamers above a certain age bracket don't tend to frequent Reddit as often as the 21-30 age bracket. The low number of Xbox players from Reddit is certainly interesting but also potentially misleading if we were to assume that it reflects on the whole of the ED Xbox playerbase.