On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 03:31:16 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, September 21, 2015 at 6:54:49 PM UTC-4, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 10:09:29 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 2:42:31 PM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> >
>> >> I don't know anyone who doesn't love coconut cream
>> >> pie... I love coconut cream pie but I love coconut custard pie more...
>> >
>> >And here's the results of a survey of people's favorite pies.
>> >
>> ><http://www.epicurious.com/archive/blogs/editor/2008/04/americas-favori.html>
>> >
>> >I see it's a few years old, but I can't imagine a sea change in people's
>> >taste in pies in that amount of time.
>> >
>> >Cindy Hamilton
>>
>>
>> I have tried to track down the sample composition and methodology used
>> for this study, as either could influence the results.
>>
>> Best I can find is that it was started January 2nd 2008, and the
>> report issued in March of 2008.
>>
>> That date made me a tad suspicious of pumpkin coming in 2nd. Might
>> have been influenced by the proximity of the holidays, as the other
>> ranks might have been, too.
>>
>> And folks were asked to pick their 3 favorites. Again, without looking
>> at the data it is hard to know how reliable the ranks and percentages
>> are, but such questions are often asked by 1st, 2nd, 3rd rank and then
>> combined in various ways to see differences.
>
>Well, yeah. npr.org also had a self-selected survey, which I discounted
>on the basis of sample bias.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Smart lady.