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I'd be interested to see the exact phrasing of each question.

SkittlesNTwix 13y ago
I've taken a Pew Research Poll before. What struck me immediately was the inane and terrible format of the questions. I actually said to the individual giving the poll, "None of these questions really allow me to confer how I feel about the issues that I know you're asking me about. They're basically nonsense."
- cinquemb 13y ago
  Is it because it sets up a situation where there are only two sides? That thought crossed my mind when it was the state or religion, and excluding a possible third option that could describe the way people feel.
- AndrewKemendo 13y ago
  I wonder if there is room in the market to disrupt polling then. I have never been part of a poll but have heard similar bad things about their structure, so I wonder if anyone is out there trying to make it more accurate.
  - pgeorgi 13y ago
    On the technical side you need two things for disruption: 1. A sane test design. Before trying to pull an MVP here, please take some psychology classes on that topic since there's already a huge body of work on how to design a test in a way that lets you infer reliable data, even if participants think the test is nuts (and try to sabotage it), or if they try to second-guess "desired" answers ("Of course I'm not racist"). 2. Comparable data sets over time/regions. People are interested in how things change. That's the incumbent advantage in this market, they have all that stuff. #2 also helps to get _some_ useful information out of insane questions (since they're consistently insane over the years).
wtvanhest 13y ago
Especially considering that each will be in their native language. Additionally I'd like to see the breakdown of each political party in each country.
rsofaer 13y ago
Page 19: http://www.pewglobal.org/files/2011/11/Pew-Global-Attitudes-Values-Report-FINAL-November-17-2011-10AM-EST1.pdf http://www.pewglobal.org/files/2011/11/Pew-Global-Attitudes-...
troels 13y ago
Yeah - A lot of them are very vague.

I've taken a Pew Research Poll before. What struck me immediately was the inane and terrible format of the questions. I actually said to the individual giving the poll, "None of these questions really allow me to confer how I feel about the issues that I know you're asking me about. They're basically nonsense."

cinquemb 13y ago
Is it because it sets up a situation where there are only two sides? That thought crossed my mind when it was the state or religion, and excluding a possible third option that could describe the way people feel.
AndrewKemendo 13y ago
I wonder if there is room in the market to disrupt polling then. I have never been part of a poll but have heard similar bad things about their structure, so I wonder if anyone is out there trying to make it more accurate.
- pgeorgi 13y ago
  On the technical side you need two things for disruption: 1. A sane test design. Before trying to pull an MVP here, please take some psychology classes on that topic since there's already a huge body of work on how to design a test in a way that lets you infer reliable data, even if participants think the test is nuts (and try to sabotage it), or if they try to second-guess "desired" answers ("Of course I'm not racist"). 2. Comparable data sets over time/regions. People are interested in how things change. That's the incumbent advantage in this market, they have all that stuff. #2 also helps to get _some_ useful information out of insane questions (since they're consistently insane over the years).

wtvanhest 13y ago

Especially considering that each will be in their native language. Additionally I'd like to see the breakdown of each political party in each country.

rsofaer 13y ago

Page 19: http://www.pewglobal.org/files/2011/11/Pew-Global-Attitudes-Values-Report-FINAL-November-17-2011-10AM-EST1.pdf http://www.pewglobal.org/files/2011/11/Pew-Global-Attitudes-...

troels 13y ago

Yeah - A lot of them are very vague.