Re:33 Questions
by mcphilip on Sunday November 24, 2013 @02:37PM
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I think first you have to show a question exists that effectively separates identical twins before you spend much time working on broad questions like gender and geography.
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Maybe something like "Do you have more older siblings than younger siblings?" would work. One twin has to be born before the other.
That question has some problems, but I feel like it could serve as the basis for a more specific question that would define how an only child or middle child would answer without introducing much bias. It would also have to define how half-siblings are counted and probably some other things.
So you are going to burn one entire question that is entirely worthless for the vast majority of Chinese that have been born recently?
Re:33 Questions
by Intermernet on Monday November 25, 2013 @06:11AM
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Interesting read: "One Child Policy and Arising of Man-Made Twins". http://paa2013.princeton.edu/papers/130113
Re:33 Questions
by pavel_lishin on Sunday November 24, 2013 @03:32PM
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It's entirely possible that the twins would not know which one was born first.
Re:33 Questions
by daleharvey on Sunday November 24, 2013 @07:39PM
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Its entirely possible the person could not know the answer to any of the questions, I dont think that really counts