Last week, ChrisC and I got some post. It turns out to be a ticky-box survey each from Mr Cameron, asking for our opinions on how to run the country
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That sounds very familiar, I got such a thing a while back. I recall getting pretty wound up with the angled questions too, and I recall writing extra notes. There was one very nasty question that was aimed at skewing you into some sort of anti-immigration racist however you replied. That got a very large reply. I also had a lot of pro-EU words to make utterly clear. The fact that it was from the tories was very hidden, I recall saying I would not vote for them, but ticked the box "always delighted to attend and participate in any focus groups you might care to run or answer further questions in person."
Despite the fact that surely no one ever volunteers for focus groups or extra feedback opportunities they never got back to me.
In fairness, this survey was very clear about being from the Tories, and was free of racist rubbish (except for allowing you to tick Immigration as an important issue). I guess immigrants are not currently their bogey-du-jour.
Having had to sit, fuming, as a neutral observer through years of meetings of parties of all shades, I'm amazed at your epistolary reticence. At the moment, in another context, I am required to put down the first five words I think of when I hear the term "global citizen". I can think of one, and it isn't printable, for such a nebulously tacky concept. Well, I suppose that's two: nebulous and tacky
I would have thought that "EU" and "crime and anti-social behavior" were redundant.
I declined to answer the question about how I voted in the last election. Partly because, y'know, secret ballot but also because it was included "to help make the survey results representative". I would love to know how, statistically speaking, they justify that.
I would think that you would use it to normalize the results--so, for instance, if you get more conservative responses back than voted conservative in the last election, you reduce the influence of those responses. Fairly standard in political polling.
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The fact that it was from the tories was very hidden, I recall saying I would not vote for them, but ticked the box "always delighted to attend and participate in any focus groups you might care to run or answer further questions in person."
Despite the fact that surely no one ever volunteers for focus groups or extra feedback opportunities they never got back to me.
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I declined to answer the question about how I voted in the last election. Partly because, y'know, secret ballot but also because it was included "to help make the survey results representative". I would love to know how, statistically speaking, they justify that.
I would think that you would use it to normalize the results--so, for instance, if you get more conservative responses back than voted conservative in the last election, you reduce the influence of those responses. Fairly standard in political polling.
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I shall bow to your much greater knowledge on this topic!
To be honest, I'd expect the forms returned to be so massively biased towards the Tories that it'd be beyond redemption :)
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