Re:New High of 90% of Americans Satisfied with Personal Life
by snapetom on Friday February 07, 2020 @02:30PM
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Because they're incredibly loaded, and frankly, idiotic questions. It's an anonymous poll put on by Gallup. No one would feel pressured to answer a pollster question one way or another. And "more fascist society?" Do you honestly think the US is alone in this?
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Re:New High of 90% of Americans Satisfied with Personal Life
by pbhjpbhj on Friday February 07, 2020 @06:22PM
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You've never heard of acquiescence bias then, it's an interesting effect the name of which I only learnt recently; worth looking up.
My country seems more fascist, and the impression I get from news is USA is too -- in dictatorial societies people tend to acquiess because they feel giving the 'wrong' answer might cause trouble for them.
But mine's an outside view, so I asked a few questions to get a sample of answers from the inside track.