{"id":15300,"date":"2009-07-24T16:50:30","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T22:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15300"},"modified":"2009-07-24T16:50:46","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T22:50:46","slug":"surveys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/24\/surveys.html","title":{"rendered":"Surveys"},"content":{"rendered":"

And just to demonstrate that I can talk about something other than the Blogathon …<\/em><\/small><\/em> <\/p>\n

I always feel duty-bound to answer phone surveys. My wife’s a statistician, for one thing. For another, I feel like my point of view is probably askew from the mainstream in a number of areas (oh, to be a Nielsen Family), and it’s nice to get a bit of representation here.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, I’m well aware of the concept of push polls<\/a> and the like, and so I’m always hypersensitive to biased questions when I’m on a phone survey. I’m also sensitive to social engineering<\/a> type attacks, and always consider whether the info I’m being asked for could be to my detriment if I give it out.<\/p>\n

The result is, unfortunately, that I spend more effort mentally parsing the questions and answers as I do coming up with responding accurately. Which is a shame because … well, it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And just to demonstrate that I can talk about something other than the Blogathon …  I always feel duty-bound to answer phone surveys. My wife’s a statistician, for one thing. 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