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Re:Poll: Have you experienced depressive symptoms over the p... by Firerouge on Saturday November 14, 2020 @11:46PM (#25098330)
This poll isn't particularly well formed, particularly it lacks an option for chronic depressive symptoms, every day.

It seems likely the options are lacking in the lower end of the spectrum as well, there's a big jump between not at all and several days worth of symptoms

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Re:Poll: Have you experienced depressive symptoms over the p... by ineedasername on Sunday November 15, 2020 @12:55AM (#25098660)
Sure, it is not a meaningful diagnostic tool or method to collect a representative sample from HN, but it is sparking meaningful conversation, so I hope Dang does not remove it based on the merits of its survey design.
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Re:Poll: Have you experienced depressive symptoms over the p... by dang on Sunday November 15, 2020 @02:51AM (#25099180)
You put it very well.

It would spark a flamewar about survey design if we ever tried that anyhow. For one thing these are all self-reported.

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Re:Poll: Have you experienced depressive symptoms over the p... by joe_the_user on Sunday November 15, 2020 @01:25AM (#25098784)
Well, it seems better the original "depressed" or "not depressed".

At the same time, perhaps multiple polls phrased only slightly differently but yielding significantly different results is a lesson in the overall problematics of polls, surveys and questionnaires.

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