tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post5343282359886451474..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Do your bit - help with a survey of climate blog readersSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-38053247310148430112019-10-18T08:32:04.377+11:002019-10-18T08:32:04.377+11:00"Biased" how?"Biased" how?D.C.Pettersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078422582348328238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5291599644923217582019-10-15T17:00:09.827+11:002019-10-15T17:00:09.827+11:00Agree, DC. I suspect the issue is that the designe...Agree, DC. I suspect the issue is that the designers of the survey may be unaware of some of the finer points of climate change. When they do the analysis they may think some answers incongruous, when it's just that many responders know their science :)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-91519069040201453952019-10-15T03:59:27.075+11:002019-10-15T03:59:27.075+11:00Took the survey. I agree, several of the questions...Took the survey. I agree, several of the questions seemed ambiguous to me. <br /><br />Example: Would rising sea level increase climate change? I'm not sure if they're talking about feedback loops, or if they meant to ask if climate change causes rising sea level.<br /><br />Is do the sun/volcanoes/el Nino contribute to climate change? Well, it's possible that changes in the Sun or in volcanism can affect the climate, but they're not currently significant drivers. El Ninos, being cyclical events, do not contribute at all (that's sort of the definition of "cyclical"), but they can be worsened by climate change. I suspect the question there was trying to tell if survey takers have been influenced by the deniersphere telling us the Sun or volcanoes or ENSO cycles are causing the effects we're currently experiencing, but again, the question seems ambiguous to me.<br /><br />Anyway, I hope lots of people respond!D.C.Pettersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078422582348328238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-91499079128720937242019-10-13T11:23:54.578+11:002019-10-13T11:23:54.578+11:00Many survey questions seemed biased.
Many survey questions seemed biased.<br />Brownynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-58844746412159085392019-10-09T22:01:21.032+11:002019-10-09T22:01:21.032+11:00I filled it in, but a few questions seemed ambiguo...I filled it in, but a few questions seemed ambiguous and my response might not have answered the intended question. iirc. one question asked if I felt I was expected to reduce my carbon emissions. Who by? If we are referring to general society's expectations of me, then my answer is no (which I gave). We live in an age where people dodge personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions and most people are doing it so that makes it OK in every apologist's mind. But if the question is should I do all I reasonably can to live a low carbon lifestyle then my answer would have been yes.Andy Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975141756383175819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-18403986054167292102019-10-09T20:50:37.831+11:002019-10-09T20:50:37.831+11:00Good of you John. The researchers will appreciate ...Good of you John. The researchers will appreciate that.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-44779876076480233482019-10-09T18:42:11.379+11:002019-10-09T18:42:11.379+11:00sharedsharedjohn byattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-18380978858171378842019-10-09T02:10:23.084+11:002019-10-09T02:10:23.084+11:00I had no trouble with the survey, although I pause...I had no trouble with the survey, although I paused briefly over one or two questions. One in particular I figured they'd expect a particular answer (knowledge testing), but I gave another. (The ozone hole does happen to be affecting Australia's climate.)<br /><br />I found it easy to do and it didn't take very long.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-65617739276549565632019-10-09T01:44:49.131+11:002019-10-09T01:44:49.131+11:00That's a shame, William. Good of you to leave ...That's a shame, William. Good of you to leave feedback. (I expect they'll do the rounds and pick it up.)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-92079666756409555302019-10-09T01:11:29.491+11:002019-10-09T01:11:29.491+11:00I was obliged to abandon the survey at "Socia...I was obliged to abandon the survey at "Social Justice (correcting injustice, care for the weak)". I tried to avoid answering but they wouldn't let me.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.com