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The survey does say just enough about their methods to make it sound like it's not at all something that can be taken all that seriously. "In a recent survey,
by blakesterz 6y ago
The survey does say just enough about their methods to make it sound like it's not at all something that can be taken all that seriously.
"In a recent survey, we asked about 1,000 parents what their biggest worry amidst the pandemic was, and what we found was a surprise. It turns out that the majority of parents are worried about their families being infected by the virus rather than finding work or paying the mortgage."
I'm not sure why that's surprising. If you ask 1,000 people who have jobs that aren't gone or at immediate risk of going away, then yep, that's exactly what we're going to worry about. There's probably some serious statistical problems there.
- darawk 6y agoWhy do you think they all had jobs, or their jobs weren't at risk? All it says, afaik, is they asked 1000 parents.
- nickthegreek 6y agoSeems to me that would of been an important data point they could of gathered during the survey.
- darawk 6y agoCould be, but if you want to answer the question "what are most people worried about" the correct thing to do is ask a random sample of 1000 people, not just to ask the people who've lost jobs.
- scott_s 6y agoCorrect, but that's the question: is this a random sample, or do their methods have a selection bias?
- blakesterz 6y agoGood question, I didn't really mean all those people had jobs, I guess what I really meant was more like if you're not careful in choosing who you ask you'll end up with 1000 people who have safe jobs, or just a way larger percent of people who have safe jobs than do in the general population.