On Friday, 9 November 2012 at 19:22, Katie Chan wrote: > On 09/11/2012 17:38, Thomas Dalton wrote: > > > > What you're really doing there, though, is asking "How do you answer > > the question "What is your gender?"?" which is logically equivalent to > > just asking "What is your gender?". > > > > Including enough options that everyone will fall into one of the boxes > > (or at least "Other") is a good idea, but torturing the English > > language in an attempt to appear politically correct doesn't actually > > achieve anything! > > > With respect, it's simply not a case of merely appearing as politically > correct.
Yep, I've been reading ONS reports (aren't my Friday evenings fun?). Good survey questions can be written that are understandable and aren't "politically correct". All we have to do is steal what is already being done by people who have thought about it properly. -- Tom Morris <http://tommorris.org/> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
