Pulse Asia - Do you believe the surveys?

**BoyFerrari** · September 17th, 2005 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by mbt

well, it's directed at those who are in doubt about such surveys, but i'm not saying that they're definitely valid

So you see? You agree that the way a question is posed, you expect the kind of answer you will get.

**pissword** · September 17th, 2005 11:25 AM

aha!!! ewan! hehehe...

**mbt** · September 18th, 2005 01:33 PM

boyferrari,

certainly, the way the question is framed will affect the responses (as any social science major know), but the big question is whether professional research organizations even remotely consider framing questions that way. i am very much inclined to believe that they do not. the study will simply be invalid and they know that, and will not risk their credibility and corporate reputations for the relatively tiny bit of income that one ad hoc project will bring in.

**mbt** · September 18th, 2005 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by yebo

and that's not to mention surveyors who put in the trash answer sheets that do not agree with their own personal politics.

this is an easy accusation to make but is simply out of touch with the realities of professional reasearch. there are procedures followed to make sure that field workers strictly follow proper sampling procedures, proper interview procedures and proper professional conduct.