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What'd ya think of the survey?
Thought it was pretty kewel and look forward to the results. :) 26%  26%  [ 5 ]
It was okay... 42%  42%  [ 8 ]
I ate a slug this morning for breakfast. :) 16%  16%  [ 3 ]
I'm allergic to surveys. 5%  5%  [ 1 ]
Meh. 11%  11%  [ 2 ]
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29 Oct 2006, 6:38 pm

I think one problem with open-ended surveys is that we auties really are prone to try and pick everything apart and fully understand it. There is no "first intuitive response" for us quite as much.


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01 Nov 2006, 9:34 am

I was just wondering, what kinds of survey designs do auties find more autie-friendly...

Any suggestions? Ones that are more concrete? No ranking system? What?


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01 Nov 2006, 1:31 pm

The good scholar's dilemma:

"The more you know, the more you don't know which right answer they want."



I run into this regularly with forms as well as polls. Questions that are ambiguous, or that can be taken several ways depneding on nuances of wording or assumptions.


What is really annoying is when such hesitation is put down to stupidity by people who can't even see the problem. (well, sometimes, when it is pointed out to them...)



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01 Nov 2006, 11:11 pm

Emettman wrote:
The good scholar's dilemma:

"The more you know, the more you don't know which right answer they want."



I run into this regularly with forms as well as polls. Questions that are ambiguous, or that can be taken several ways depneding on nuances of wording or assumptions.


What is really annoying is when such hesitation is put down to stupidity by people who can't even see the problem. (well, sometimes, when it is pointed out to them...)


I've asked this on another forum and everyone has pretty much said the same. The less specific, the more difficult it is to answer.

With things like that, it feels like my brain goes blank.


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01 Nov 2006, 11:29 pm

That survey certainly uses the word "most" a lot.


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