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Btw on Sinflix's test I got:
Left: 1.26, Libertarian: 5.34
Compared to my score on the test I posted:
Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33
Which puts me in the same quadrant in either test but appear to be twice as much to the left on the one I posted. Does that mean the test I posted has a left bias? maybe, but it doesn't really matter. No one is gonna say, oh I didn't know I was a leftie, I guess I better get behind socialism and gay marriage now.
The other one wasnt more "left", the other one had less parameters to choose from. The 2nd one would give you a better result because you have extra options to choose from, like "neutral" and "how much does this matter to you"
Fiscal Liberalism/Keynesism--Fiscal Conservatism/Neoclassicalism.Quote:
Originally Posted by bu villain
It's still just an aggregate number and not particularly descriptive. A person could believe in some Keynesian ideas but not in others. The weighting is then what becomes important. It's also not predictive. If a person scored 1.25 towards the fiscal left side, doesn't mean you know if they would vote for a tax increase or not or whether they want to reduce welfare benefits. I'm not saying the categorization is completely meaningless, just that it is far to imprecise and nebulous to take it too seriously. The questions are consistent from person to person so the value is more in seeing how people score relative to each other than from a questionably calibrated center point.Quote:
Originally Posted by .blank cd
wasnt bashing you per se, just pointing out the obvious problem with "surveys".Quote:
Originally Posted by bu villain
They did this when healthcare was being debated.
"Do you think everyone should have access to affordable healthcare regardless of income"- WELL, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT
"Do you think we should cover people with life threatening illnesses and not let them die in the street?"- WELL, YEAH, DUH
Queue News Report
"An overwhelming majority is in favor of Obamacare".....................
Thats like asking, "do you like football?" -YES
WELL YOU MUST BE A PATRIOTS FAN THEN, because you like football, so therefore, Patriots are a football team, so you like the Patriots.
With the test posted by Bu Villain this is not true. Several of the questions were worded in a way that dictated what any sane person would answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by .blank cd
Some good examples:
"The only social responsibility of a company should be to deliver a profit to its shareholders." ANY sane person not trying to manipulate their score is going to disagree with this.
"A genuine free market requires restrictions on the ability of predator multinationals to create monopolies" ANY sane person, regardless of political affiliation is going to agree with this. No context to define predator?
"No broadcasting institution, however independent its content, should receive public funding." Obviously hinting at NPR, which is FAR from independent in its political content.
"Multinational companies are unethically exploiting the plant genetic resources of developing countries" More missing context.
I could go on, and I skipped MANY more leading questions, these were some of the worst though.
It's still true. What are you unclear about?Quote:
Originally Posted by BanginJimmy
I am unclear about nothing. The survey does not give an accurate picture because of the wording of the questions.Quote:
Originally Posted by .blank cd
The flaw is not in the wording if the question. Lol
The first quiz had two left feet.Quote:
Originally Posted by .blank cd