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

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

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Comment author: Dorikka 05 November 2012 01:23:45PM 20 points [-]

In your base, answering your survey.

Notes (might not want to read unless you've already taken the survey):

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 06 November 2012 02:35:08AM 1 point [-]

Eri. Onlrf pnyvoengvba nafjre fubhyq znlor zragvba jurgure gb hfr crepragntrf be cebonovyvgvrf.

What's the difference?

Comment author: Dorikka 06 November 2012 06:13:41AM *  2 points [-]

The survey says to answer the other probability questions using percentages (a range from 0->100) rather than probabilities (range from 0->1). If someone forgot, they might forget to multiply by 100, and even though it probably wouldn't be hard to tell the difference, it makes it a bit harder to process the data, I think.