[Events] Crafting an exit survey for campus events (Asheesh Laroia)

[Gregg Lind]

Lukas ++

This survey is one of many interactions that people have with the tech
community.  Seeing one that explicitly affirms my right to
self-determination is a welcome change, and part of the overall
message these events are designed to send.



On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Lukas Blakk <lukasblakk at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Asheesh Laroia <lists at asheesh.org> wrote:
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>> Excerpts from Kevin Carillo's message of Sun Apr 15 14:56:44 -0400 2012:
>> > It looks good to me.
>> > One issue though about your gender question:
>> >
>> > What is your gender (if you don't mind sharing)
>> > Male
>> > Female
>> > Other
>> > Do not wish to share
>> >
>> > Looks a bit too much: 4 options for gender! What would be an "other"
>> > gender?
>> > You say "(if you don't mind sharing)" and then you give an option " Do
>> > not wish to share", why not simply:
>> >
>> > What is your gender (if you don't mind sharing)?
>> > Male
>> > Female
>> >
>> > If people do mind, then they won't answer.
>> >
>> > Good luck and long live OH!
>>
>> Thanks to you and Venkatesh for your thoughts on this! I think
>> I'll keep it the way it is for now.
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>> I have enjoyed this question on an exit survey, years ago, from
>> City Car Share: http://acm.jhu.edu/~paulproteus/tmp/gender-other.png
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> Fwiw, if it's not too late - I very much second the idea of asking for
> gender in a text field.  Letting people fill in their own interpretation of
> the question (and answer) doesn't cause too much data analysis pain later
> and makes anyone for whom the binary (plus 'other' and/or 'don't want to
> tell') feel a heck of a lot less othered.
>
> Cheers,
> Lukas
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