JoachimSchipper comments on 2011 Less Wrong Census / Survey - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoachimSchipper 15 November 2011 03:02:48PM 4 points [-]

Another proof that survey design is hard: should I answer "yay male/male sex, I strongly support same-sex <everything>" or "boo male/male sex, I am not interested?" Or, taking a page from Alicorn's book, what about those who say "yay male/male sex, I'd like to be interested in men?" (I'd expect this to be a statistically detectable portion of test-takers.)

Also, making people write essays just to throw them away is not a terribly productive use of anyone's time.