I ran a similar survey on race / ethnicity a few years ago and the main issue was that I wasn’t sure it was very representative. You’ll probably get people who feel very strongly (one way or another) about the issue, so it’s important to think about ways to encourage people who don’t have strong feelings to participate in the survey and when you write up results keep in mind that saying things like x% of respondents could overstate (in either direction) whatever you’re reporting on.
Hi Vaidehi, I’m really glad there’s history to this process! A lot of community conversations and changes are years overdue.
I also got the sense when formulating the idea of this survey that it would be very difficult to get widespread participation such that it would be representative, especially without a strong network of people to distribute it to directly. As such, I wasn’t overly concerned with presenting any outcomes as representational at the community level. I do want to hear from people who feel very strongly about this issue, particularly women, which is why much of the survey is free-form and oriented towards narrative. I hope that makes sense.
I ran a similar survey on race / ethnicity a few years ago and the main issue was that I wasn’t sure it was very representative. You’ll probably get people who feel very strongly (one way or another) about the issue, so it’s important to think about ways to encourage people who don’t have strong feelings to participate in the survey and when you write up results keep in mind that saying things like x% of respondents could overstate (in either direction) whatever you’re reporting on.
Hi Vaidehi, I’m really glad there’s history to this process! A lot of community conversations and changes are years overdue.
I also got the sense when formulating the idea of this survey that it would be very difficult to get widespread participation such that it would be representative, especially without a strong network of people to distribute it to directly. As such, I wasn’t overly concerned with presenting any outcomes as representational at the community level. I do want to hear from people who feel very strongly about this issue, particularly women, which is why much of the survey is free-form and oriented towards narrative. I hope that makes sense.