Vote and answer counts reversed

  • Resolved bdd

    (@bws-online)


    5 years, 9 months ago

    It looks like the counts for votes and answers are reversed.

    I currently have a poll set up where members can add their own options to a poll.

    Right now I have 3 answers listed and there were 5 votes total (split up across those 3 answer choices). However, the count is saying “3 votes · 5 answers” when I believe it should be “3 answers · 5 votes” (or “5 votes · 3 answers”) instead.

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  • Plugin Author YOP

    (@yourownprogrammer)

    Hello

    Do you have “Allow multiple answers” set to “Yes”?
    This may explain the difference in numbers.

    Please let us know.

    Best
    YOP Team

    Thread Starter bdd

    (@bws-online)

    Yes, but I don’t see how that explains it?

    Answers are the answer choices that people can vote on, right? (And then votes are the votes they’ve actually made by selecting those answers.)

    If there are 3 answer choices in my poll, the text at the bottom should say “3 answers” not “5 answers” as it is now.

    And then if I look at the votes for each of those 3 answers, one says “2 votes,” another says “2 votes,” and the third says “1 vote” — so add that up, 5 votes. But it says “3 votes” instead.

    That’s wrong, and I think it’s backwards in the template. Do you see what I mean?

    Plugin Author YOP

    (@yourownprogrammer)

    Hello

    There may be a confusion with the number of votes and answers.
    Here’s how it currently works …

    Assuming you have a poll with 3 options to choose from and voters can choose multiple answers.

    One person votes and choses one option.
    That is 1 vote and 1 answer.

    One person votes and choses 2 options.
    That is 1 vote and 2 answers.

    If we add these 2, it would be 2 votes and 3 answers.

    Hope this helps clearing things out.

    Best
    YOP Team

    Thread Starter bdd

    (@bws-online)

    Okay. If that’s that case, I think it’s definitely confusing and inconsistent, since on the bars that show how many people selected it, it uses the word “vote” too.

    For my usage, I’m just going to hide the line at the bottom via CSS with .basic-stats { display: none;}

    Plugin Author YOP

    (@yourownprogrammer)

    You can also disable this by setting “Show Total Votes” and “Show Total Answers” to No.

    Best
    YOP Team

    Thread Starter bdd

    (@bws-online)

    Ah, beautiful, thanks. (I still think the way it works should be revisited, though. What I’m doing is a workaround for what I feel is inaccurate/confusing.)

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