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This is why you should always be skeptical of all research, ever

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Spencer Greenberg

@SpencrGreenberg

Survey results can be used to glean genuine insights about how people think OR be used by biased or unscrupulous actors to mislead or manipulate the public. We ran an experiment to show how such distortion can work, with dramatic results! Our writeup: clearerthinking.org/post/our-resea

5:22 PM · Apr 7, 2022

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SO MUCH depends on the way questions are worded, and this often isn't mentioned or considered as important variables in survey results!

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Surely much of that variance is explained by the fact that in the second question there were 2 rather than 3 options

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Me speaking kindly to the lab rat enclosure with MDMA spiked water: "Ok show of hands: how many of you would say that you 'strongly identify' with the phrase 'post-rats'"

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It's also important to remember that high-energy particles and differential manifolds are less prone to this issue than humanities.

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Leading Questions - Yes Prime Minister

Sir Humphrey Appleby demonstrates the use of leading questions to skew an opinion survey to support or oppose National Service (Military Conscription).Taken ...

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I dunno I just seen another post by you and I don't think I'll ever be skeptical about research ever again now

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See also:

Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us about Who We Really Are

Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us about Who We Really Are

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hi, curious on how you do the data analysis for all your curiosity driven surveys on sexuality and fetishes, have you written somewhere on your methodologies?

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