rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (10/24/85)
> > The sales pitch is usually disguised as a survey of some kind. > > I won't answer questions for phone surveys; I wonder if the legit > survey operators are aware that the "population" they reach has > been altered? The surveys I've gotten over the phone are laden with leading questions but virtually lacking in decent demographic controls. Since it's no good for a surveyor to get through 90% of a questionnaire and then have to scrap it because I won't answer personal questions (marital status, income, etc.) for someone I've never seen nor heard of, and since it's also a waste of my time, I generally don't answer surveys either. Surveys by phone have horrible demographic skewing to start with--you have to have a phone and be there to answer it before any of the other control problems even arise. (BTW, think about that the next time you hear "90% of those surveyed...") -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...At last it's the real thing...or close enough to pretend.