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

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

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Comment author: Yvain 27 November 2012 04:01:40AM 8 points [-]

This survey is now closed. I am working on analysis and will have the results in a while. Please do not take it.

Also, you may now begin speculating with 95% confidence intervals on how many people took the survey this year.

Comment author: [deleted] 28 November 2012 01:37:17AM 2 points [-]

Er... From your blog:

X people (Y%) chose the first option, and Z people (W%) the second. 

[numbers redacted]

Comment author: Alejandro1 27 November 2012 04:23:43PM *  1 point [-]

95% confidence interval: orgjrra svir uhaqerq naq gjb gubhfnaq.

50% confidence interval: orgjrra rvtug uhaqerq naq sbhegrra uhaqerq. (Corrected from sbhegrra gubhfnaq, thanks to Vaniver).

Comment author: Vaniver 27 November 2012 04:42:20PM 1 point [-]

I suspect that last gubhfnaq should be a uhaqerq.

Comment author: Alejandro1 27 November 2012 05:03:50PM 1 point [-]

Indeed, thank you.

Comment author: Vaniver 27 November 2012 04:12:22AM *  1 point [-]

Please do not take it.

Is there not a way to shut off the survey?

My speculation: V jbhyq chg yrff guna svir creprag punapr ba yrff guna svir uhaqerq crbcyr gnxvat vg, naq yrff guna svir creprag punapr ba zber guna svir gubhfnaq crbcyr gnxvat vg. (Cbvag rfgvzngr sbe gur rkcrpgrq inyhr: rvtugrra uhaqerq.)

Comment author: [deleted] 27 November 2012 01:30:00PM *  2 points [-]

Thanks for the anchoring. Next time, please use rot-13. ;-)

Comment author: Vaniver 27 November 2012 04:41:08PM 2 points [-]

Ciphered.

Comment author: Yvain 27 November 2012 04:16:32AM 2 points [-]

Shutting off the survey makes it invisible, which means that people can't go back to see how a question was worded or something.

Comment author: RobinZ 27 November 2012 03:31:17PM 0 points [-]

My 95% confidence interval for number of polltakers is (rot13) svir uhaqerq gb gjb gubhfnaq.

My 50% confidence interval is ryrira uhaqerq gb gjryir uhaqerq.