tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8137933522575199446..comments2024-03-28T18:07:30.515-05:00Comments on Althouse: Blog survey.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21402604103695696202007-05-30T12:04:00.000-05:002007-05-30T12:04:00.000-05:00Schaz: I had exactly the same problem and wrote to...Schaz: I had exactly the same problem and wrote to them about that question, which is plainly defective. They say that if you're equally likely to go to blogs you agree with and blogs you disagree with, the right answer is 5 (of 10)! I, like you, read it literally, and then when I saw the lack of a second question, I suspected they didn't mean it that way. In fact, they didn't!Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20107092728039609082007-05-30T12:00:00.000-05:002007-05-30T12:00:00.000-05:00My nit with the survey is that you're asked how li...My nit with the survey is that you're asked how likely you are to read blogs that you agree with, but not the natural follow-up of how likely you are to read blogs that you disagree with. I'm very likely to read both, but by only asking the first question, I'm afraid they're inferring that the choices are exclusionary. (More bias on their part.)Schazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10004665049878807165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2639144065824176432007-05-25T06:03:00.000-05:002007-05-25T06:03:00.000-05:00This might be my most boring post ever! Sorry.Impo...<I>This might be my most boring post ever! Sorry.</I><BR/><BR/>Impossible dear lady. <BR/><BR/>And that is not my being gallant, just obsessing on a mathematical puzzle - which is the lowest uninteresting number?<BR/><BR/>BTW - the CIA have fixed my door, but the lurcher's been taken in for questioning.PeterPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813526431296196022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79559573441298839612007-05-24T21:55:00.000-05:002007-05-24T21:55:00.000-05:00This might be my most boring post ever! Sorry.This might be my most boring post ever! Sorry.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19841541230415446272007-05-24T21:11:00.000-05:002007-05-24T21:11:00.000-05:00You can't be more creative in your posts?You can't be more creative in your posts?Maxine Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164122931399241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33692881801824179452007-05-24T19:56:00.000-05:002007-05-24T19:56:00.000-05:00I got to the third or fourth page of questions and...I got to the third or fourth page of questions and was asked first on my view of the Iraq war, then the other question was "Which statement best reflects the news media's (broadcast TV, cable TV, and newspapers) attitude towards the Iraqi War?"<BR/><BR/>Not "do you believe the media has an attitude" and then follow up with options to rate that attitude, but "what is the attitude?" Gee, is this blog biased about MSM? <BR/><BR/>So much for that survey.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56155222254827664112007-05-24T19:17:00.000-05:002007-05-24T19:17:00.000-05:00Cyrus Pinkerton said..."It's extremely uninteresti...Cyrus Pinkerton said...<BR/>"<I>It's extremely uninteresting.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Yeah, this time they didn't want to know my favorite brand of vodka or anything fun like that. ;) My guess is that the thesis is how attitudes about Iraq correlate to how and how often one uses blogs. They seem rather fixated on Iraq.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065798213115341398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58194426274996191832007-05-24T19:16:00.000-05:002007-05-24T19:16:00.000-05:00The best question is as to how supportive is "the ...The best question is as to how supportive is "the news media's (broadcast TV, cable TV, and newspapers) attitude towards the Iraqi War?" To which the honest answer isn't so much "not supportive at all" (the closest available option) as "actively hostile."<BR/><BR/>With these surveys, you kind of have to just take them for what they are, accepting the limitations of the medium. There's some dumb questions (how can one possibly rate the depth and fairness of all "Electronic Mailing Lists/Bulletin Boards" in any meaninful sense?), but they have to formulate this stuff somehow in order to get quantifiable data.<BR/><BR/>OTOH, I love that one of the reasons offered for why a respondent might access blogs is "to avoid conservative media bias." Really? Conservative media bias? Not until several pages later do they ask if I'm seeking to avoid <I>liberal</I> media bias. The authors of this survey reveal their hand, methinks...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065798213115341398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82789429485100010412007-05-24T18:12:00.000-05:002007-05-24T18:12:00.000-05:00I did it. Told 'em what I thought on Iraq. CIA bus...I did it. Told 'em what I thought on Iraq. CIA busted down my door ten minutes later. That far that quick. Cool.PeterPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813526431296196022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1284486895104330742007-05-24T17:44:00.000-05:002007-05-24T17:44:00.000-05:00It takes less than 10 minutes. It's extremely unin...It takes less than 10 minutes. <BR/><BR/>It's extremely uninteresting.<BR/><BR/>My favorite question asks you to rate on a scale of 0-10 the strength of your party affiliation. The lowest available rating choice is 1, not 0.Cyrus Pinkertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09849126166866751019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50870134807855701792007-05-24T17:34:00.000-05:002007-05-24T17:34:00.000-05:00Survey Author--How can your survey be valid, consi...Survey Author--<BR/><BR/>How can your survey be valid, considering that respondents are self-selected and not randomly picked?<BR/><BR/>I am sorry, but I can't give you 20 minutes.....<BR/><BR/>That's a long time....George M. Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07818413936028778734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10044940513149413042007-05-24T17:12:00.000-05:002007-05-24T17:12:00.000-05:00Why do people take surveys?Why <EM>do</EM> people take surveys?Gordon Freecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779983208898166853noreply@blogger.com