The Great Male Survey of 2008

By Alex in Blogs & Internet on Nov 25, 2008 at 2:31 pm

AskMen asked over 75,000 men about what it means to be a "modern man" and got a very interesting set of answers (Some answers are as expected, but quite a few are surprising).

Who and what is "the modern man"? Arriving at a definition tends to involve making a lot of assumptions, and descriptions of the modern man are varied and plenty: there’s the player, the family man, the workaholic, the dandy (to name just a few). Determining whether or not any of these portrayals are factual largely boils down to a single question: Is there any real data to back them up?

Here’s the result of the Great Male Survey of 2008: Link

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HaricotVert
Nov 25th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
That has to be one of the most poorly constructed graphical depictions of data ever.

If they’re going to show percentages of responses, why on earth would they choose a bar chart with fading top ends, none of them appropriately scaled with each other?

They may as well just list out the numbers as they do in the 2nd part, the top “graph” does nothing.
Moon
Nov 25th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
6% Are guided by trends in buying clothes

94% are liars or clueless.

HaricotVert, that’s the first thing I said, too: “What a useless graph”
Ali S.
Nov 25th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
@ HaricotVert

Good point.
DOJ
Nov 25th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
looks like someone needs a class in information visualization.
Mr. Binky
Nov 25th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
haha, yeah I thought the fade graph was idiotic as well…
Rocky Rook
Nov 25th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Wow … that is quite a survey.
vero4902
Nov 25th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Great graph… well thought-out.
ted
Nov 26th, 2008 at 7:39 am
The thing about the graph is, it’s a female graph for a male subject. The gender is all wrong. Men like hard facts, solid graphs, concrete ideas. Women prefer the soft, fading gradients.

That’s why it doesn’t work.
Haldor
Nov 26th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
That sure was an interesting survey. some things I’d have to agree with whole heartedly, but others seemed the results were skewed by participants. overall very interesting though.
AmyG
Nov 26th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Since when is “dandy” a word that is still in use to describe “the modern man?” That’s hilarious!
Oliver
Nov 28th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
The graphs are a joke. No secondary analysis of information is done, leading to misleading results.

Example:
Q5: What type of shampoo
Winner (at 37%): It’s a specialty shampoo.

Misleading.
63% selected either: it’s the one I’ve always used, or no specific type, or it’s cheap

The true message is most guys don’t care.

Example 2:
Q:What perception about your car?
Winner (at 41%): I don’t give a damn

But 59% either want to impress, or not be embarassed.

The true message is most guys care about their image when it comes to their car.

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