ChristianKl comments on Results of a One-Year Longitudinal Study of CFAR Alumni - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Unnamed 16 December 2015 03:15:36PM 6 points [-]

why do you hate science and the future of humanity

Because we promised to respect the participants' privacy. That includes (e.g.) not posting their income on the internet alongside other information that might be used to identify them.

Our current plan is to share the data with a few stats folks who also agree to protect their privacy. I've exchanged emails with Ilya about this, and we're looking for others.

Comment author: ChristianKl 05 January 2016 03:58:58PM 1 point [-]

The LW survey has a field where a respondant can choose whether he likes to have his responses freely available. I would encourage you to have such a field in future studies.

That has the added benefit that if someone external datamines the data and comes to a conclusion that a specific pattern exists you can check whether the pattern also exists with the people who choose to have their data private.