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This poll isn't particularly well formed, particularly it lacks an option for chronic depressive symptoms, every day. It seems likely the options are lacking i
by Firerouge 6y ago
This poll isn't particularly well formed, particularly it lacks an option for chronic depressive symptoms, every day.
It seems likely the options are lacking in the lower end of the spectrum as well, there's a big jump between not at all and several days worth of symptoms
- ineedasername 6y agoSure, it is not a meaningful diagnostic tool or method to collect a representative sample from HN, but it is sparking meaningful conversation, so I hope Dang does not remove it based on the merits of its survey design.
- dang 6y agoYou put it very well. It would spark a flamewar about survey design if we ever tried that anyhow. For one thing these are all self-reported.
- joe_the_user 6y agoWell, it seems better the original "depressed" or "not depressed". At the same time, perhaps multiple polls phrased only slightly differently but yielding significantly different results is a lesson in the overall problematics of polls, surveys and questionnaires.