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Surveys are heavily influenced by the way you are asking questions. "Should the NSA be able to snoop all of our email/phone/etc records, and store them for lat
by gknoy 13y ago
Surveys are heavily influenced by the way you are asking questions.
"Should the NSA be able to snoop all of our email/phone/etc records, and store them for later?" --> NO
"Should the government be able to expand its limited search capabilities so that it can better prevent terrorist attacks?" --> WELL SURE
That was a terrible example of a second way of phrasing it, but I am certain there is a way to frame what they are doing in a way which leaves out the "collect all your things" nuance (;)) and therefore will sound reasonable to many people.
In the general case you will find that answers tend to trend in this way:
NO: "Should the gov't ${trample_our_freedoms}?"
YES: "Should the gov't ${catch_more_terrorists}|${protect_more_children}?"
- jasonkolb 13y agoI agree, that's why we tried to phrase it neutrally: "Does the NSA surveillance of US citizens concern you? " Yes/No/I don't know/No, I don't have anything to hide/No, it's necessary to keep us safe?" It's not intended to produce a specific outcome, we want some genuinely good data :) If you want to check it out and look at the results it's here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QBvTRxDQXmALhYqZMn7S3T_DBq8GRvjVwRZRY-G2zuE/viewform https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QBvTRxDQXmALhYqZMn7S3T_DBq8...
- bostonpete 13y agoWhich of those responses are you interpreting as "it's flat out wrong" as you put it? I think there's a lot of space between having concerns about something and being vehemently opposed to it.