D&D and the rising pandemic

[Dannyalcatraz]

Isn't that because they realize that the way they ask questions about your opinions and thoughts and feelings often change regarding how they word the question? I've typically seen that done and then the score for that parameter was a combined function of all the similar questions.

That’s one reason.

Other reasons include testing the respondents’ actual understanding of the question asked. Sometimes, people will answer a question even if they don’t actually understand it. Sometimes people are unfamiliar with the particular terminology used, but again, would still answer.

To use a nonpolitical example, a pollster might ask:

”How many people has SARS-CoV-2 killed?”

then

”How many people have died from Covid-19?”

then

”How many fatalities have been caused by the novel coronavirus?”

Getting radically different answers to those three question could indicate the efficacy of government healthcare briefings. It could also be an indicator of what kind of news sources the respondents favor.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

IMO it's never necessary and does more damage than good and to top it off their bias shines through when they only use such methods against 1 political party.

If you think only one party gets to field pointed questions from the press, I can’t help you.

As Umbran pointed out, if journalists using interrogation techniques actually expose the mendacity of elected officials and their agents, that’s a good thing. It’s one of the fundamental reasons you want to have a free press.

 

[FrogReaver]

That’s one reason.

Other reasons include testing the respondents’ actual understanding of the question asked. Sometimes, people will answer a question even if they don’t actually understand it. Sometimes people are unfamiliar with the particular terminology used, but again, would still answer.

To use a nonpolitical example, a pollster might ask:

”How many people has SARS-CoV-2 killed?”

then

”How many people have died from Covid-19?”

then

”How many fatalities have been caused by the novel coronavirus?”

Getting radically different answers to those three question could indicate the efficacy of government healthcare briefings. It could also be an indicator of what kind of news sources the respondents favor.

I could see legitimate reasons to answer each of those questions differently.

1. 0, it's the phenomonia that kills them.
2. current deathcount from X source
3. current deathcount + all other deaths that would have been prevented had covid-19 not been ongoing.

 

[FrogReaver]

If you think only one party gets to field pointed questions from the press, I can’t help you.

As Umbran pointed out, if journalists using interrogation techniques actually expose the mendacity of elected officials and their agents, that’s a good thing. It’s one of the fundamental reasons you want to have a free press.

Pointed questions are not an issue. Repitious questions are.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I could see legitimate reasons to answer each of those questions differently.

1. 0, it's the phenomonia that kills them.
2. current deathcount from X source
3. current deathcount + all other deaths that would have been prevented had covid-19 not been ongoing.

Like I said, the different answers reveal things about the person answering.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Pointed questions are not an issue. Repitious questions are.

If the answer given is unsatisfactory- which it may be for several reasons- repeating it is perfectly fine.

 

[FrogReaver]

Like I said, the different answers reveal things about the person answering.

Right, but not in an interrogative sort of way.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Right, but not in an interrogative sort of way.

Let’s just say you and I don’t see eye to eye on that.

 

[FrogReaver]

If the answer given is unsatisfactory- which it may be for several reasons- repeating it is perfectly fine.

IMO, not for the reasons we are discussing

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

IMO, not for the reasons we are discussing

See post #2368, this thread.