How old are you? What is the age distribution of the Kos Community?
Taking a break from exposing Rudy Giuliani &/or promoting/explaining single payer, but in line with my medical epidemiology work, I was wondering what the age distribution of the Kos community is. While this won't be a valid random sample, it might be an interesting and useful best guess-timate. Sometimes we have discussions of WWII, Joe McCarthy, Gene McCarthy, Vietnam, Watergate, Iran-Contra... is this ancient history to you or did you live it? Were you a kid or an adult? Social security... are you receiving it or is it a future promise? What was the golden age of science fiction for you (answer = 14; old joke).
So, everybody please, answer the poll with what is your current age-group?
As evening approaches we should be getting more new folks stopping by. Please do put in your age-group
May I humbly suggest Recommending this up so that it stays visible throughout the day, to increase the time of day that sample draws from; so not only larger but more representative.
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UPDATE:
Obviously anybody can post any diary they want to.
But perhaps the Kos Community and Kos Management folks would like it if a bunch of us with professional backgeround relavent to doing such sociodemographic polling got together (by email? mine is dr.steveb AT verizon DOT net) and put together any other such polls?
I mention this because if it were done, best be done well, which means questions/categories done in standardized manner that fits other standards; posted at top for 24 hours across time zones; spaced apart from each other (or all done at same time); etc. There is a well meaning but not as good as it could be race/ethnicity poll that somebody else put up as a follow-up to this one.
These will never be valid random sample. And just size alone does not make it valid since still self selecting and has inherent selection bias. But probably has some validity, though since not a random sample, and don't know enough about total population, sample frame and self selecting factors, cannot even measure how inaccurate it is. Yet probably has some validity... yet not valid and can't even measure how invalid... yet... :)
Anyway, if you have such background in doing these and are interested, contact me. and if you are management and would or would not like this idea, let me know. And if you are community... well I am sure you will let me know :).
Some possibilities would be:
- State or Region, other countries
- Gender... female, male, male to female TS, female to male TS,
intersex, other... (used to be a dichotomous question; no more).
- Sexual orientation/preference... not just yes/no
- Race/Ethnicity, country of origin
- Religion, religious affiliation, religiosity
- Income/Wealth
- Formal Education
- Work/Job type/category (Britain has a nice coding/grouping for
this going back to their class system and acknowledgement that
class exists)
- Others...?
Peace.