army1987 comments on 2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: [deleted] 07 November 2012 01:05:52AM 0 points [-]

I would only do that with respondents from the US -- having to convert from metres to feet is likely to weaken the anchoring effect for respondents from elsewhere.

Comment author: Kindly 07 November 2012 01:09:11AM 2 points [-]

Of course, I'm a respondent from the US and I answered the question by converting from meters. So this approach isn't foolproof.