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Old 12-14-2015, 13:49   #112
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Originally Posted by Bechorg View Post
Some of the comments outright hilarious. I am surprised they let Ranger E-3's and E-4's take that survey. Some of their answers are very juvenile and immature, taking away from the survey.
Just a thought...

When someone generates a poll or a survey with the intent of collecting "fact" the questions are usually specific and quantifiable.
When someone circulates a poll/survey to collect or generate "opinion" the questions are usually emotional and subjective.

I took this survey. MANY of the questions were emotional and subjective but packaged as objective.

Consider this...
I give you a four question survey:

Women in direct combat roles is a:
-good idea
-great idea
-good example of gender equality
-process that must be studied further before it can be implemented


what do you answer?



Then I give you a section to provide your own comments...
"This shit is fucking bullshit political tampering with national defense"

That statement contradicts your previous answer, so I can deliver results as "inconclusive"

If I give that same survey to a few lower enlisted troops, I can also use the results to show exactly how immature the force is and explain that in all of the responses by mature senior troops, the free-text response matches the multiple choice.

Then I can deduce from the data that with the exception of a few immature and unprofessional youngsters - this is actually a good idea that can become a GREAT idea with just a little more research into gender equality.


Looks good - this is exactly the response we were looking for...
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