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Friday, October 24, 2008
america's favorite food: pizza vs. chocolate
I was having a discussion with someone, not long ago, who does not like chocolate. For her birthday, instead of celebrating with cake, we celebrated with pizza. After thinking about it for a couple of minutes, I mentioned that I've met other people who don't like chocolate but I've never met anyone who doesn't like pizza. I theorized that pizza is more popular than chocolate. In an attempt to test my theory, I recently conducted a survey on this topic. Thanks to everyone who submitted responses to the survey. Here is was I found:
Of the 28 people surveyed...
...25 (89%) said they like chocolate
...27 (96%) said they like pizza
...0 (0%) said they don't like either chocolate or pizza
...16 (57%) said they prefer chocolate to pizza
...12 (43%) said they prefer pizza to chocolate
...17 (57%) said they prefer something else to chocolate or pizza (the only item repeated was ice cream with 3)
...8 (29%) said they prefer pizza to anything else
...4 (14%) said they prefer chocolate to anything else
I have no degree in statistics but let me score this battle the best I can:
Of the people surveyed, more like pizza than those who like chocolate, by 7%. This was not a significant amount based on the numbers involved, but a victory for pizza none the less.
Pizza 1, Chocolate 0
Of the people surveyed, more prefer chocolate to pizza straight up, by 14%. Point, chocolate.
Pizza 1, Chocolate 1
Of the people surveyed, more prefer pizza to anything else than those who prefer chocolate to anything else, by 15%. Deciding point and knockout punch for pizza.
Pizza 2, Chocolate 1
This survey and analysis has a 100% margin for error as it's completely unscientific and potentially biased.
The one thing we can say with certainty is that Americans love pizza and chocolate! In fact, I could go for either right now!
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Being one of the persons surveyed, let me elaborate on my responses. I love chocolate when I have a strong craving for it. I'll take it in any form: ice cream, candy, cake, milk shake, etc. But I probably lean more strongly toward pizza considering that is a great meal substitute because of the variety of toppings you can put on one. I would probably indulge in it most days of the week but I can't because my metabolism can't accomodate that.
How many of those people are female and how many are male? I wonder. Its true, i have met people who don't like chocolate and that just amazes me. I mean... not even milk chocolate? but your right, who doesn't like pizza? I'm not sure that i even know a single one. Of course, there are more varieties to pizza than there are to chocolate. However, if i took the survey, you know my votes would be all over the chocolate. :)
O.k., i'm not good at math, so that did'nt really make sense to me. Tell me on sunday what you meant.
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