> it looks like a lot of their data is based on web polls > of site visitors. Does this really pass for science now?!
You refer to the visitor poll on the front page, that's not associated with any one country? The one that states "Transparency International online Polls are not statistically valid representations of our website users nor intend to guide or represent public opinion in any way."? As for the country associated data points, I have no opinion on that which differs from other indices (TIOBE...) or academic paper (today red wine causes cancer, tomorrow it's coffee...). But to suggest it's based on polls is probably stretching it a bit, considering how often TI are used by various news media. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
