The answer to the first question that I wanted to give but couldn't was "Quit taking the poll". Which I almost did, but then I just decided to skip it instead so that I could say "Quit taking the poll" for questions 2 and 3. Then I got to question 4, and I almost quit the poll again, since my answer wasn't there, but instead I submitted the poll and came to bitch in the comments.
My answer to 4 is "I try to answer accurately, but I consider how the poll is going to be used and bias my answers accordingly. For example if the poll is to be used to decide whether or not to improve service, I'll vote that the service can be improved; my choice being at that point between "It was terrible" (1) and "it was ok but could be better" (3). If the poll is to be used to decide whether someone should get a pay raise, though, I'll usually bias the other way, deciding between "They are doing an ok job" (3) or "They are fantastic" (5). If the information isn't one that I usefully decide how to bias, then I reply across the whole range accurately.
So for the question about what you do when there isn't anything that's quite right... there wasn't anything that was quite right... so you skipped the question... rather than selecting "skip the question". Ow, my brain.
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tiger_spot) wrote2009-03-08 11:40 pm
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The answer to the first question that I wanted to give but couldn't was "Quit taking the poll". Which I almost did, but then I just decided to skip it instead so that I could say "Quit taking the poll" for questions 2 and 3. Then I got to question 4, and I almost quit the poll again, since my answer wasn't there, but instead I submitted the poll and came to bitch in the comments.
My answer to 4 is "I try to answer accurately, but I consider how the poll is going to be used and bias my answers accordingly. For example if the poll is to be used to decide whether or not to improve service, I'll vote that the service can be improved; my choice being at that point between "It was terrible" (1) and "it was ok but could be better" (3). If the poll is to be used to decide whether someone should get a pay raise, though, I'll usually bias the other way, deciding between "They are doing an ok job" (3) or "They are fantastic" (5). If the information isn't one that I usefully decide how to bias, then I reply across the whole range accurately.
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This reminds me of the self-referential multiple-choice logic puzzle.
That's an interesting point about deliberate bias based on the use of the poll.