[CQ-Contest] SO+SOA survey monkey

[David Gilbert]

Agree.

Plus, it's never a good survey when you can so easily figure out what 
the originator's own position is.

Dave   AB7E



On 5/24/2016 6:31 AM, kr2q at optimum.net wrote:
> Survey's are fun, but unless carefully designed, are of questionable value.
>
> I would like to know how any contest entrant can definitively have any knowledge about the
> state of (so-called) unclaimed assistance detection by any of the contest sponsors, unless
> they are participating in the actual log checking.
>
> I think including a free text answer to the this question (on the survey) should be mandatory:
> "On what do you base your opinion?"
>
> This is sort of like asking, "How do you know that what you read about a news event is accurate?"
>
> Unless you are directly covering the news event yourself, you don't.
>
> Anyone can have a "valid" opinion about whether or not SO and SOA should be combined.
> But asking for their input on how well "cheating" is detected?  Totally different.
>
> de Doug KR2Q
> Keeper of the flame
>
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