Poll Attempt 3

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Poll #4399 Proportions of female protagonists in fiction

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

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How many prose fiction stories have you completed in the last year? (round to nearest multiple of ten)

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Mean: 14.00 Median: 10 Std. Dev 13.56

0		3 (20.0%)
10		8 (53.3%)
20		2 (13.3%)
30		0 (0.0%)
40		1 (6.7%)
50		1 (6.7%)
60		0 (0.0%)
70		0 (0.0%)
80		0 (0.0%)
90		0 (0.0%)
100		0 (0.0%)

How many of those stories had female protagonists? (round to nearest multiple of ten)

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Mean: 10.67 Median: 10 Std. Dev 11.81

0		6 (40.0%)
10		5 (33.3%)
20		2 (13.3%)
30		1 (6.7%)
40		1 (6.7%)
50		0 (0.0%)
60		0 (0.0%)
70		0 (0.0%)
80		0 (0.0%)
90		0 (0.0%)
100		0 (0.0%)

How many of those stories had an m/m relationship as the central focus? (round to nearest multiple of ten)

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Mean: 1.43 Median: 0 Std. Dev 3.50

0		12 (85.7%)
10		2 (14.3%)
20		0 (0.0%)
30		0 (0.0%)
40		0 (0.0%)
50		0 (0.0%)
60		0 (0.0%)
70		0 (0.0%)
80		0 (0.0%)
90		0 (0.0%)
100		0 (0.0%)

How accurate are your answers?

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Completely
3 (20.0%)

I know it all averages out but this rounding makes me uncomfortable
10 (66.7%)

I would have clicked "over a hundred" if it was there
0 (0.0%)

I would have clicked "other" if it was there
1 (6.7%)

They're as accurate as I can manage but I'm really not sure of the exact numbers
5 (33.3%)

They're ALL LIES
1 (6.7%)

Other
1 (6.7%)