whenever we get on of these college or Uni students wanting us to fill out a surveymonkey we could fill in their surveys with utter nonsense?what do you think??
It would be poor methodology if they were gathering data from the posts on here directly. Appealing for voluntary contributions to a survey through a national specialist organisation's forum is actually not poor methodology at all. They have identified that this forum hosts people who know a great deal about autism and are able to give an insightful view. This in no way indicates being unprepared, but even if they were that is irrelevant to the fact that many people would appreciate being given the option.
Personal data is not collected in these surveys. Only age, gender, and other relevant factors. Not your name and address.
If these people were in this for their own selfish gain they would take a qualification like Law or Economics, degrees such as this are hardly the ticket to big money! We don't know them and have no cause whatsoever to make derogatory comments on their motives. I think the real issue here is your other statement - mining our lives for information. If you resent this, that's fair enough, perhaps you feel judged or objectified which, in my opinion, is misdirected but that's your business. However, your resentment does not form a reasonable basis for excluding others from having the opportunity to participate freely.
It would be poor methodology if they were gathering data from the posts on here directly. Appealing for voluntary contributions to a survey through a national specialist organisation's forum is actually not poor methodology at all. They have identified that this forum hosts people who know a great deal about autism and are able to give an insightful view. This in no way indicates being unprepared, but even if they were that is irrelevant to the fact that many people would appreciate being given the option.
Personal data is not collected in these surveys. Only age, gender, and other relevant factors. Not your name and address.
If these people were in this for their own selfish gain they would take a qualification like Law or Economics, degrees such as this are hardly the ticket to big money! We don't know them and have no cause whatsoever to make derogatory comments on their motives. I think the real issue here is your other statement - mining our lives for information. If you resent this, that's fair enough, perhaps you feel judged or objectified which, in my opinion, is misdirected but that's your business. However, your resentment does not form a reasonable basis for excluding others from having the opportunity to participate freely.
