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It would certainly be interesting to see some serious comparisons between YouGov results and those from other longer established survey approaches (other internet surveys, even). Anyone aware of an evaluation of this kind? Some things presumably wouldn't work (survey of whether you use the internet ...) On the issue of security, I have heard people suggesting that if you claim to be of a certain age range and paper-reading persuasion that YouGov would 'use' you more and hence you'd get paid more (hastens to add, I'm not part of the YouGov panel and I've no idea if this is true - sounds too clever). Regards Steve McKay Quoting Paul Spicker <[log in to unmask]>: > I don't know why Ray might think YouGov's statistics on race are > dubious, > but I can say what my own observation is. I signed up to the YouGov > panel > because I was looking into the possibility of developing an internet > panel, > and I was interested in the methods and programs they use for > processing > materials. > > I filled in about ten of their questionnaires. When it came to the > issue of > migration there were some assumptions in the questions - for > example, > options about whether I disapproved of migration or not, but not the > option > of saying that I positively approved of it. The last questionnaire > I > attempted required some forced choices asking me to classify my > friends in > terms of race, and I didn't feel there was any box I could tick that > wasn't > objectionable. So I wrote to Yougov to say that I hadn't felt able > to > complete the questionnaire in that form. The response was a note > from Peter > Kellner thanking me for my previous participation, regretting that > the > questions, which had been thoroughly vetted, didn't meet my > standards, and > discontinuing my membership of the panel. > > I understand, by the way, that Yougov has been concerned about > security - > fictitious personalities and made-up responses. I should emphasise > that at > no stage did I give misleading information, or pretend to be anything > I was > not. > > If, by the way, anyone is interested in developing an internet panel > ... > > Paul Spicker > Professor of Public Policy > Centre for Public Policy and Management > The Robert Gordon University > Garthdee Road > Aberdeen AB10 7QE > Scotland > > Tel: +44 1224263120 > Fax: + 44 1224263434 > > Website: http://www.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/ > > ****************************************************** > Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your > message will go only to the sender of this message. > If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's > 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically > to [log in to unmask] > ******************************************************* > > > ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] *******************************************************