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  #1970876 7-Mar-2018 20:59
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Fred99:

 

I agree with you on that.

 

There's a huge problem with (essentially subjective) "self assessment" used for collecting data.  It's not just that publicity / media coverage of "issues" might influence an individual's response now - rendering it inaccurate as a "snapshot", it's also that publicity / media coverage is likely to change for any number of reasons between this "snapshot" and the next - so it's not going to be possible to make any honest conclusion about any trend, any need for future action, or to measure success of any actions underway now.

 

 

I can see the point you are making, however, I think in a pool of 3 million responses, you'd expect the majority to be honest in their responses and so long as the questions weren't too intrusive and were carefully worded, you could get some indications of some things perhaps.

 

Not sure how you would position this, but potentially asking about likelyhood of trying additional children, or asking people what aged they would aim to stop work. Do you intend on purchasing a investment property? Not exactly scientific, but could give an indication on intentions. 

 

 




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  #1970911 7-Mar-2018 21:40
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networkn:

 

 

 

I can see the point you are making, however, I think in a pool of 3 million responses, you'd expect the majority to be honest in their responses and so long as the questions weren't too intrusive and were carefully worded, you could get some indications of some things perhaps.

 

Not sure how you would position this, but potentially asking about likelyhood of trying additional children, or asking people what aged they would aim to stop work. Do you intend on purchasing a investment property? Not exactly scientific, but could give an indication on intentions. 

 

 

 

 

I'm not sure why you'd expect anybody to be honest in a census.  There's no penalty for giving the "wrong" answer, and there's no way at all that they can check.

 

If you asked me a week ago whether I was interested in buying an investment property, I may have said yes, but today I read an article which may incline me to say no.

 

Not exactly scientific is an understatement.  Not at all scientific - thus worthless - is closer to the mark,


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  #1970915 7-Mar-2018 21:53
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Fred99:

 

networkn:

 

 

 

I can see the point you are making, however, I think in a pool of 3 million responses, you'd expect the majority to be honest in their responses and so long as the questions weren't too intrusive and were carefully worded, you could get some indications of some things perhaps.

 

Not sure how you would position this, but potentially asking about likelyhood of trying additional children, or asking people what aged they would aim to stop work. Do you intend on purchasing a investment property? Not exactly scientific, but could give an indication on intentions. 

 

 

 

 

I'm not sure why you'd expect anybody to be honest in a census.  There's no penalty for giving the "wrong" answer, and there's no way at all that they can check.

 

If you asked me a week ago whether I was interested in buying an investment property, I may have said yes, but today I read an article which may incline me to say no.

 

Not exactly scientific is an understatement.  Not at all scientific - thus worthless - is closer to the mark,

 

 

Most people are inherently honest.

 

It's supposed to be a point in time snapshot. At the time of the answers, if it was true, you can use it to determine what was correct at the time. Your answers are one of 3 Million. There WILL be some trends. 

 

Other than that, we will need to agree to disagree.




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  #1970917 7-Mar-2018 22:03
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networkn:

 

Most people are inherently honest.

 

 

Actually, most all people learn to be dishonest when they're still wearing diapers.

 

 


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  #1970918 7-Mar-2018 22:04
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Fred99:

 

networkn:

 

Most people are inherently honest.

 

 

Actually, most all people learn to be dishonest when they're still wearing diapers.

 

 

 

 

Can be dishonest is not the same as will be. 

 

 


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  #1970921 7-Mar-2018 22:17
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networkn:

 

Fred99:

 

networkn:

 

Most people are inherently honest.

 

 

Actually, most all people learn to be dishonest when they're still wearing diapers.

 

 

 

 

Can be dishonest is not the same as will be. 

 

 

 

 

So what's the deciding factor? Fear of consequence of being caught out perhaps?

 

 


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  #1970924 7-Mar-2018 22:24
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Fred99:

 

So what's the deciding factor? Fear of consequence of being caught out perhaps?

 

 

I can only speak for myself, and probably for my wife who I believe shares a very similar set of values. 

 

I didn't lie because: 

 

1) There was no reason to

 

2) I believe in the Census and hope accurate values might provide for future planning

 

3) I am inherently an honest person

 

I didn't fear consequences, most of the fields I might have objected to there was an option to give a non-specific answer. I gave specifics anyway.

 

I am hit up every couple of years by Stats NZ to provide VERY specific information about my business. Other than being massively time-consuming, I object to the frequency, and esp to the very detailed information I am required by law to give. There are penalties for not providing information accurately or not completing. 

 

 


 
 
 
 

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  #1971018 8-Mar-2018 08:13
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networkn:

Fred99:


So what's the deciding factor? Fear of consequence of being caught out perhaps?



I can only speak for myself, and probably for my wife who I believe shares a very similar set of values. 


I didn't lie because: 


1) There was no reason to


2) I believe in the Census and hope accurate values might provide for future planning


3) I am inherently an honest person


I didn't fear consequences, most of the fields I might have objected to there was an option to give a non-specific answer. I gave specifics anyway.


I am hit up every couple of years by Stats NZ to provide VERY specific information about my business. Other than being massively time-consuming, I object to the frequency, and esp to the very detailed information I am required by law to give. There are penalties for not providing information accurately or not completing. 


 



Purely observation rather than any kind of science, but compared to 40 years in the UK I've seen far more of an obsession with statistics in NZ than I ever did there, at least in its intrusion into business life etc.
No idea if it's actually the case but it feels like it.





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  #1971024 8-Mar-2018 08:46
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nunz:

 

Gender is different to sexuality.  There is a politically noisy section of society who recognize there is a percentage of people who are neither male or female or significantly a bit of both. Extra chromosomes etc.

 

As a useless piece of information peoples sexuality etc is defined in three main parts.

 

Gender - what physical bits do you have (and some have both or chrmosomally have both)

 

Gender identification: Which gender do you feel you are - e.g. some people feel born in wrong body etc

 

Sexuality - who do you like banging your bits against.

 

 

It's all very subjective ... gender and sex are different and often confused.

 

In your list above I would replace gender with sex i.e. physically male or female.  There is a third category which is inter-sex (people born with male and female or intermediate bits).

 

I would replace gender identity with gender, which is psychological and can include a very wide range of descriptors.

 

Sexuality can include half a dozen descriptors that I know of and presumably more that I don't.





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Our teenage daughters and their generation are so aware of gender politics that even we frumps have learnt a couple of things - the first is don't assume a persons gender!  Someone who is gender fluid (if that was not included as an answer) may put one answer on the 6th and a different answer in April.  Gender/Sex/Orientation are not linked and cannot be assumed.

 

It did make us think about the wording and subsequent questions that were added based on how you answered.

 

If you answered female and are over a certain age (which I presume is 16 or 18) you were asked how many children you have given birth to.  Fairly normal set of questions...

 

What if the person filling the census is a Transgender Male (born female now male) - it is feasible that they could still have given birth to children (and may in the future) but there is no option for them to provide that information; there have been some Stuff/press articles on this recently.  Surely any Female (born female) of a child baring age could have children - why are the subsequent questions restricted to 16 or 18 years or above?  I certainly would have thought that there was a statistical knowledge to be gained from answering that truthfully regardless of age.

 

I'm not giving this example to be obtuse or suggest that it should have been on the census but if it were a paper copy, the respondent would still be able to put Male and how many children.

 

The point however is whether the question can provide sufficient statistical insight or not.  Does a question that has a 1 in 500,000 response deviation warrant being on the census as in the example above - it's unusable data and there is the possibility that given the choice some will probably answer as "prefer not to say".

 

Look forward to having this discussion again next time - it would be interesting to see what changes.

 

Incidentally, does anyone have a link to "all" the questions that were asked?





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Something that is interesting to do is use an add-in to see what is running in the background on the Census website.  I did this when my partner was completing the census.

 

There are >10 links to other sites. Most seemed to be for functionality.  However, the list also includes google analytics, google ads and double click.

 

I'd be interested to know why these are being used, in particular the latter two, as there were no adds on the census site.

 

 





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  #1971069 8-Mar-2018 10:08
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MikeAqua:

 

Something that is interesting to do is use an add-in to see what is running in the background on the Census website.  I did this when my partner was completing the census.

 

There are >10 links to other sites. Most seemed to be for functionality.  However, the list also includes google analytics, google ads and double click.

 

I'd be interested to know why these are being used, in particular the latter two, as there were no adds on the census site.

 

 

 

 

That's a really good question! Who would we approach for an official statement with that? I am not happy that potentially the information I provided was accessible in any way by anyone other than Stats NZ and those directly and immediately related to the census. 

 

 


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  #1971140 8-Mar-2018 12:01
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networkn:

 

MikeAqua:

 

Something that is interesting to do is use an add-in to see what is running in the background on the Census website.  I did this when my partner was completing the census.

 

There are >10 links to other sites. Most seemed to be for functionality.  However, the list also includes google analytics, google ads and double click.

 

I'd be interested to know why these are being used, in particular the latter two, as there were no adds on the census site.

 

 

 

 

That's a really good question! Who would we approach for an official statement with that? I am not happy that potentially the information I provided was accessible in any way by anyone other than Stats NZ and those directly and immediately related to the census. 

 

 

 

 

NZ Legislation is very clear on what can and cannot be done with Census data, and who can view what. Just check the Act. 


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Pumpedd:

 

networkn:

 

MikeAqua:

 

Something that is interesting to do is use an add-in to see what is running in the background on the Census website.  I did this when my partner was completing the census.

 

There are >10 links to other sites. Most seemed to be for functionality.  However, the list also includes google analytics, google ads and double click.

 

I'd be interested to know why these are being used, in particular the latter two, as there were no adds on the census site.

 

 

 

 

That's a really good question! Who would we approach for an official statement with that? I am not happy that potentially the information I provided was accessible in any way by anyone other than Stats NZ and those directly and immediately related to the census. 

 

 

NZ Legislation is very clear on what can and cannot be done with Census data, and who can view what. Just check the Act. 

 

 

I'm familiar with the Act but it's pretty clear that overseas organisations are involved with the census website and the jurisdiction the govt has over them is questionable.





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  #1971167 8-Mar-2018 12:29
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StarBlazer:

 

Incidentally, does anyone have a link to "all" the questions that were asked?

 

 

Samples of the 2018 paper forms ( and thus all the questions) can be found here,

 

http://www.englishlanguage.org.nz/sites/englishlanguage/files/kcfinder/images/2018/2018%20Census%20Individual%20Form.pdf

 

http://www.englishlanguage.org.nz/sites/englishlanguage/files/kcfinder/images/2018/2018%20Census%20Dwelling%20Form.pdf

 

 

 

 


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