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Old Nov 26, 2010 | 11:30 am
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Survey methodology / structure is a mess on several counts. Its resulted should be discounted no matter what they are.

1. Age groupings are "Less than 13," "13 to 17," "18 to 22," "23 to 29," then by decade, stretching off into the distance. Looks like the author is in his teens and regards anyone over 29 as more or less irrelevant.

2. Ridiculous / politically correct choice of ten different "genders." "Bisexual-female body" is not a "gender."

3. User forced into false choice set when asked how big a travel reduction he/she will undergo; None / 20% / 40% / 60% / 80% / No future travel.

4. Hyperbole: User is forced to rate reaction to new security policies on a scale from "No Concern" to "Very Bothered" to "Terrified." Inherent bias in the wording. That's what numerical scales are for.

5. Questions about how "terrified" you would be to have "your daughter" scanned nude or groped, but no questions about sons, no questions about outrage / anger.

We need better polling data on public attitudes towards scanning, security and TSA but efforts like this do more harm than good because they are so easy to pick apart.
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