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I have recently been toying with the idea of focusing entirely on surveys, and then just publishing raw data and letting other people do all the processing/interpretation (where I'd help share the results on my blog) i feel real torn about it tho, unsure

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

me doing all of it, from conception to conclusion, feels more cohesive, but this year has shown I'm fast and good with the survey construction and slow and novicey at the data presentation part. Maybe I should just focus on what I'm good at and stop trying to do it all?

1:35 AM · Dec 28, 2022

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I think you presenting it is important because you’re showing real science being done without credentials and from an unexpected demographic (sex worker).

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Do both. Pull together what you can on analysis / viz and then publish the raw data.

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We gladly could help you

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Smart. You have plenty of nerdy simp followers to do the processing and presentation for you.

Seal of the Apocalypse

@SealOfTheEnd

Dec 28, 2022

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@Aella_Girl

You really need to do a survey on preferred body types, people are incredibly typical minding on it.

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I think if you don’t do analytics you’d deprive yourself of both mastering that aspect and those infrequent but great “aha” moments when you look at a result, see something weird, dig into it, and find something valuable.

@djleonhart

Dec 28, 2022

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@Aella_Girl

If it makes you more happy! It would be much more like how data is collected in other fields. It’s normally a team with each person having different roles. Would likely lead to less bias (not claiming yours has any, just putting more eyes/hands on it is generally a good idea).

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As always, it depends. Back in my think tank days, the government routinely released data ignored by the public. We'd repackage some subset and add a graphic, and *bam* viral coverage of our "study". So if you want coverage, analysis/charts are crucial.

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maybe in the end we're all going to die and a thousand years from now it'll make no difference whether we existed or not.

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I think transparency is the hardest thing to do, mostly becuase of the "finite resources" part of our brain (at least that's what makes the most sense to me and the interactions I have). So I would think, why not both? Share what you learn as you go, and share what you think of.