Nick_Tarleton comments on 2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

65 Post author: Yvain 03 November 2012 11:00PM

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 04 November 2012 12:39:48AM 29 points [-]

The "income" question doesn't state pre- or post-tax — you should say you intend one or the other.

Comment author: Zubon 04 November 2012 01:45:04AM *  13 points [-]

Also individual versus household. I went with individual.

Comment author: sanxiyn 04 November 2012 08:47:44AM 7 points [-]

I interpreted the question as pre-tax, individual income.

Comment author: gwern 04 November 2012 04:11:48PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, isn't that always the default assumption about 'income' unless one is involved in a taxation discussion?

Comment author: thomblake 05 November 2012 05:35:47PM 1 point [-]

I always interpret it as pre-tax household, but that happens to give me the same result most years.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 04 November 2012 08:36:10AM 5 points [-]

Curious: I automatically assume all such questions to be pre-tax, as is the convention around here. Are there regions where post-tax is the default?