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OK, I failed this test before I even got to it. Apparently you are only allowed to put one country in the "Where did you grow up in?" question. I don't know why

by coriny 12y ago

OK, I failed this test before I even got to it. Apparently you are only allowed to put one country in the "Where did you grow up in?" question. I don't know why they aren't interested in the verbal abilities of the large number of people whose parents weren't sedentary - e.g. military, mining industry, diplomats, aid, disaster, mega-construction etc etc. /whine over. EDIT: Also, no way to communicate this flaw to them (I'm not on Twitter).

Luc 12y ago
Oops, you closed the whine tag too early!
- coriny 12y ago
  I know! That's annoying me as well! ;)
pc86 12y ago
Well, there is a way to communicate this flaw to them. You've just chosen not to participate in that medium.
- coriny 12y ago
  True. I could also walk over to the place and tell them in person (after a flight and a drive etc). My thoughts are that if you are asking people to volunteer to contribute, expecting people to sign up to a third party in order to communicate is not "frictionless". After all, there is thing called email that's been around for a while and is used by, pretty much, everyone. Also post forms. The main reason for using Twitter (my belief) is to get your users to promote you for free.
codeulike 12y ago
Because having a multi-select plays havoc with stats.
- judk 12y ago
  Indeed, reality has a nasty habit of confounding our models.
- coriny 12y ago
  Which is a terrible excuse for putting a fundamental flaw into the analysis. It's building a big assumption into the model that's known not to hold true in reality. Especially as the mis-represented cohort will, linguistically, be one of the most interesting - likely above average intelligence and a very different exposure to language. I suspect personally it's an oversight. EDIT: Or, as is dawning on me, I might have missed a bit of sarcasm?

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OK, I failed this test before I even got to it. Apparently you are only allowed to put one country in the "Where did you grow up in?" question. I don't know why

by coriny 12y ago

Luc 12y ago
Oops, you closed the whine tag too early!
- coriny 12y ago
  I know! That's annoying me as well! ;)
pc86 12y ago
Well, there is a way to communicate this flaw to them. You've just chosen not to participate in that medium.
- coriny 12y ago
  True. I could also walk over to the place and tell them in person (after a flight and a drive etc). My thoughts are that if you are asking people to volunteer to contribute, expecting people to sign up to a third party in order to communicate is not "frictionless". After all, there is thing called email that's been around for a while and is used by, pretty much, everyone. Also post forms. The main reason for using Twitter (my belief) is to get your users to promote you for free.
codeulike 12y ago
Because having a multi-select plays havoc with stats.
- judk 12y ago
  Indeed, reality has a nasty habit of confounding our models.
- coriny 12y ago
  Which is a terrible excuse for putting a fundamental flaw into the analysis. It's building a big assumption into the model that's known not to hold true in reality. Especially as the mis-represented cohort will, linguistically, be one of the most interesting - likely above average intelligence and a very different exposure to language. I suspect personally it's an oversight. EDIT: Or, as is dawning on me, I might have missed a bit of sarcasm?