Comments on: Swedish Opinions about Privacy http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/01/12/swedish-opinions-about-privacy/ Individual Freedom and Equality Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:12:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Vidde http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/01/12/swedish-opinions-about-privacy/#comment-20 Vidde Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:18:49 +0000 http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/01/12/swedish-opinions-about-privacy/#comment-20 Yes, and it is bothering me that "scientific results" keeps getting printed in newspapers as facts, but the method of the research is never even mentioned. Yes, and it is bothering me that “scientific results” keeps getting printed in newspapers as facts, but the method of the research is never even mentioned.

]]> By: Carl (admin) http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/01/12/swedish-opinions-about-privacy/#comment-19 Carl (admin) Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:57:05 +0000 http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/01/12/swedish-opinions-about-privacy/#comment-19 Vidde: It's really a pity that we don't have the information about how exactly the questions were asked. Vidde: It’s really a pity that we don’t have the information about how exactly the questions were asked.

]]> By: Vidde http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/01/12/swedish-opinions-about-privacy/#comment-16 Vidde Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:11:51 +0000 http://www.liberalroad.com/2007/01/12/swedish-opinions-about-privacy/#comment-16 You should be surprised. But I am not. This was a survey ordered by those really keen to implement a lot of surveillance in Sweden. And every result is achievable if you just ask the questions the right way and then interpret the answers the right way. A question in this survey could be "Do you think surveying with camera at a place like this would be ok? Mark on a scale from one to ten, ten being the most ok." If you marked higher than one, you where interpreted as being positive to surveillance. Now, with that metod, the result is not surpricing... You should be surprised. But I am not. This was a survey ordered by those really keen to implement a lot of surveillance in Sweden. And every result is achievable if you just ask the questions the right way and then interpret the answers the right way.

A question in this survey could be “Do you think surveying with camera at a place like this would be ok? Mark on a scale from one to ten, ten being the most ok.” If you marked higher than one, you where interpreted as being positive to surveillance.

Now, with that metod, the result is not surpricing…

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