Kaj_Sotala comments on 2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

78 Post author: Yvain 22 November 2013 09:26AM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 22 November 2013 09:01:33AM 41 points [-]

Surveyed.

The occupation thing could have been a checkbox, for us who are e.g. both students and doing for-profit work.

The income question could have used a clarification of whether it was pre- or post-tax. (I assumed pre-.)

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 23 November 2013 01:26:57AM 3 points [-]

Yeah, I'm both a student and am self-employed. I guessed pre-tax, but the number is going to be very different otherwise (for me anyway).

Comment author: arundelo 24 November 2013 03:39:31PM *  2 points [-]

When I run into a radio button group that I have multiple answers for I select one randomly. (While taking this survey I literally flipped a coin.)

Edit: I'm not particularly arguing that occupation shouldn't have been checkboxes, but for something where most people will have a single answer, radio buttons do make the data a bit simpler to deal with.

Comment author: FourFire 24 November 2013 12:14:56PM 2 points [-]

I am both studying and working for profit. I am studying STEM and working in [other] areas. I desired an option to choose this.

Comment author: SaidAchmiz 22 November 2013 06:03:10PM 2 points [-]

Seconded on "occupation should be checkboxes" thing.