You are also running what's called a self-selecting survey, which will
favor people who
are comfortable with the 'Net because they are more likely to respond. It
will also favor people who are proud of their station in life, as evidenced
by those who choose to list their credentials as well as their profession..
BTW, I repair industrial electronics for a living.
Tom Zuchowski
'61 Bugeye
Clemmons, NC
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> From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
> To: Andy Poling <andy@globalauctions.com>; Fred Krampits
<fred@hprrc725.rose.hp.com>
> Cc: Spridgets <Spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
> Subject: Re: An observation about the Occupation Survey
> Date: Monday, July 20, 1998 4:20 PM
>
> >On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Fred Krampits wrote:
> >> >From what I've seen, and I don't mind the extra messages, it looks
like
> >> we have quite a bunch professionals on this list. One of the things I
> >> appreciate about my LBC is the low tech nature of the car, since I
live
> >> and work in a high tech world, its an escape.
> >
> >However, I don't know if it's fair to say that the list membership
> >represents the owner population in general. You kind of expect that you
> >will see technical people over-represented in any online forum... just
> >because they're more likely to have access to (and training in the use
of)
> >computers, and their companines are more likely to have internet acccess
in
> >the office (and alot of people participate from their office at work).
> >
> >-Andy
> >
> All of the above seem to be true, so far. I have a lot of Software
> developers and computer oriented people. So far I have nearly 200 replies
> from both the mgs and spridgets lists. I am going to wait about another
> week to let those that are on the digests a chance to respond. I will
> post a summary of all the responses sometime next week.
> I have to agree that ownership is not necessarily represented by the
> lists. One of the individuals that got me to ask this question was a tug
> boat captain and does not use the internet at all. Just as a for
instance.
>
> Larry Macy
> 78 Midget
>
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> System Administrator/Manager
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> Department of Psychiatry
> University of Pennsylvania
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>
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