I'm curious if there's any empirical evidence that significant numbers of people will do that.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Mars0i <marsh...@logical.net> wrote: > I don't really get it. I don't see a legitimate reason why anyone would > refuse to participate in the survey because it included demographic > questions. The survey is anonymous. The combination of questions is not > such that it would be at all plausible that anyone could be identified by > their responses. At worst, answering a few additional questions--or simply > skipping those questions--would be a very minor annoyance. Is it that some > people object to the idea that there are disparities due to systemic > factors in our society? If someone wants to disagree about that, OK, but I > still don't see how boycotting a survey because it offers respondents the > opportunity to provide demographic information is reasonable. > On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 2:06:29 PM UTC-5, Sean Corfield wrote: >> >> On Oct 15, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Ashton Kemerling <ashtonk...@gmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> > "I would rather not say" is a common and valid response in these >> scenarios. >> >> Yes, although that doesn't address that there are people who will not >> complete a survey that even asks such questions (on a philosophical >> objection to collecting such demographic information). As I said, it's a >> sensitive issue. >> >> As Bridget noted, they'll consider the approach for 2015. >> >> Sean Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN >> An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ >> >> "Perfection is the enemy of the good." >> -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) >> >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
