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On the "Political Compass"         


Author: Publius
Date: Sep 12, 2008 01:46

Sean wrote:
> Some propositions are extreme, and some are more moderate.
> That's how we can show you whether you lean towards extremism or
> moderation on the Compass.

You don't "show" anything until you've defined "extreme" and "moderation"
is terms that are measurable, justified the metric, and then shown that the
questionnaire items measure the metric.
> Some of the propositions are intentionally vague. Their purpose is
> to trigger buzzwords in the mind of the user, measuring feelings and
> prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy.

Then it is not a tool for measurement of political opinions, but of the
popularity of various prejudices.
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Re: On the "Political Compass"         


Author: Sean
Date: Sep 13, 2008 01:15

"Publius" nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9B17122238341mpubliusnospamcomcas@69.16.185.250...
> Sean wrote:
>
>> Some propositions are extreme, and some are more moderate.
>> That's how we can show you whether you lean towards extremism or
>> moderation on the Compass.
>
> You don't "show" anything until you've defined "extreme" and "moderation"
> is terms that are measurable, justified the metric, and then shown that
> the
> questionnaire items measure the metric.
>
>> Some of the propositions are intentionally vague. Their purpose is
>> to trigger buzzwords in the mind of the user, measuring feelings and
>> prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy.
>
> Then it is not a tool for measurement of political opinions, but of the
> popularity of various prejudices.
> ...
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