Why Surveys? A Critique of the Tools Used to Judge Us All

Ideological shifting is dangerous, because it causes the otherwise objective data to be skewed and misbalanced. It will misrepresent its survey-takers. It will also skew the facts.

Crosspost: Methodological Problems with Kevin Swanson and Brian Ray’s Gen 2 Survey

“Libby Anne posted recently about a new survey conducted by Brian Ray of the National Home Education Research Institute, a non-profit which conducts studies of questionable scientific validity on homeschooling. As a Ph.D. social scientist myself, I looked over the new survey with a critical eye and I’m sorry to say there won’t be much useable data gleaned from it because it is rife with methodological problems.”