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Emile comments on 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Call For Critiques/Questions - Less Wrong Discussion

18 Post author: Yvain 11 October 2014 06:39AM

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Comment author: Emile 11 October 2014 09:26:03PM 11 points [-]

I'd add: "Do you use/have you used a Spaced Repetition program, like Anki or Supermemo?"

  • No
  • Yes, regularly
  • I tried it, but stopped

In the politics I'd add a "how strongly do you care about this political affiliation" (scaled on 1-5, from "not at all" to "it's an important part of my identity")

Comment author: Vaniver 13 October 2014 01:29:05PM 7 points [-]

In the politics I'd add a "how strongly do you care about this political affiliation" (scaled on 1-5, from "not at all" to "it's an important part of my identity")

A slightly longer option is to ask people to rate every political affiliation from 1 to 5. This lets us identify clusters better, as well as total political identification (if someone gives 1s to everything, that's the 'apolitical' option).

Comment author: satt 13 October 2014 10:57:31PM 2 points [-]

A slightly longer option is to ask people to rate every political affiliation from 1 to 5.

I like this idea. If implemented, it might be wise to retain the old-style political question (maybe explicitly labelling it as such) as well, for backward compatibility with past surveys.