#nvm the fact that you're only surveying a multi-lingual site in english which already biases your survey population | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

lamardeuse · 11 months ago

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uh...so what is up with this AO3 demographics survey that isn't affiliated with the AO3, claims to be a statistical survey but is run by someone with no background in sociology or statistics, and claims to be created to provide source material for future researchers but has no plan in their faq for how that survey will be archived or made accessible? judging by the feedback they've posted, it sounds like their "race/ethnicity" question is a hot mess as well. Anyone got any good info on this?

#fandom #i don't mean to sound shirty but i am extremely wary about shit like this #the fact that the person running this may not have any training in the principles of ethical research has me verrrry nervous #nvm the fact that you're only surveying a multi-lingual site in english which already biases your survey population

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