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HELP U-MI RESEARCH PROJECT SHARE YOUR CONSERVATIVE VIEWS!!
http://www.republicanresearch.com/display.cfm?content_id=66 ^ | 2-25-06 | R. Orlowski

Posted on 02/25/2006 2:55:36 PM PST by David9493A

Please feel free to take this survey and help these political researchers From University of Michigan.

Below is the e-mail we received regarding this research project. Thank you. Republican Research Council

(Excerpt) Read more at republicanresearch.com ...


TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: herekittykitty; kittychow; spam; vikingkitty; vk; youropinions; zot

1 posted on 02/25/2006 2:55:39 PM PST by David9493A
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To: David9493A

I'd like to see the research design for this. Presumably, it did not include "get freeped." There are better ways to select a sample.


2 posted on 02/25/2006 3:01:11 PM PST by Caesar Soze
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To: Caesar Soze
It may have.

It looks like a research attempt on republicans about republican views.

3 posted on 02/25/2006 3:03:40 PM PST by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: David9493A

Could be a plant by some leftists.


4 posted on 02/25/2006 3:09:30 PM PST by Thunder90
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To: David9493A
I recall one political survey that modelled answers graphically--  

"Left of Left" made you a socialist.

"Right of Right" made you a fascist.  

 

Communists did not appear anywhere on the chart.

5 posted on 02/25/2006 3:10:16 PM PST by SteveMcKing
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To: David9493A; admin; Darksheare; darkwing104

Spam troll. Deleted several times before.


6 posted on 02/25/2006 3:20:19 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: Thunder90

It ia a plant. see here:


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1534593/posts


7 posted on 02/25/2006 3:27:04 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: dynachrome

It IS a plant, also


8 posted on 02/25/2006 3:27:46 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: David9493A
That, my friend, is a lamest political survey I have ever seen...What have you got to say?


9 posted on 02/25/2006 3:40:36 PM PST by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: dynachrome

So why was this account not zotted?


10 posted on 02/25/2006 3:44:19 PM PST by Paladin2 (If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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To: darkwing104

Hah, I thought you had seen it before.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1534593/posts


11 posted on 02/25/2006 3:45:02 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: Paladin2

The kitties are washing up after their nap. Stretch. Yawn.
Amblin' down.


12 posted on 02/25/2006 3:46:10 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: David9493A

..I freeped it so hard I think I broke it...


13 posted on 02/25/2006 3:52:04 PM PST by WalterSkinner ( ..when there is any conflict between God and Caesar -- guess who loses?)
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To: David9493A
I took the survey, and added this response at the end:
In the second question on abortion, the "mother's health" question was interpreted by the Supreme Court to also mean "psychological health." This was deliberately deceptive, as it allowed a doctor to offer an opinion that the woman would be happier if she had an abortion, and justify the abortion in that way. NARAL and other pro-abortion groups determined through focus group testing that this phrasing was most likely to be accepted by people opposing abortion, who did not understand the full ramifications of the statement. If the phrasing "the woman's life or physical health" were used, it would accurately reflect the viewpoints of people completing the survey. This pre-built prejudice is built into several questions, including the one about supporting your country whether it is right or wrong. The entire survey reminds me of those I was supposed to take when I worked for the government. They were sold as a method of determining how to change policies to improve our satisfaction as employees. In reality, they were surveys used to determine how far they had moved us in the direction they had already decided to go. Sorry, but the viewpoint of the survey maker is apparent in the answer choices allowed. Bad survey.

14 posted on 02/25/2006 4:00:06 PM PST by Richard Kimball (I like to make everyone's day a little more surreal)
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To: Richard Kimball

You sure??? That is pretty crappy!!!


In the second question on abortion, the "mother's health" question was interpreted by the Supreme Court to also mean "psychological health." This was deliberately deceptive, as it allowed a doctor to offer an opinion that the woman would be happier if she had an abortion, and justify the abortion in that way. NARAL and other pro-abortion groups determined through focus group testing that this phrasing was most likely to be accepted by people opposing abortion, who did not understand the full ramifications of the statement.


15 posted on 02/25/2006 4:16:08 PM PST by MiHeat
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To: Paladin2

"...this account not zotted?"
Seems more complicated than I thought. This has been around a while and may be legit. (I just hought it was closer to spam myself)


16 posted on 02/25/2006 4:49:02 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: Sonny M

Maybe they can solidify the theory that conservatism is a mental disorder.


17 posted on 02/25/2006 6:33:56 PM PST by kenth
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To: dynachrome; darkwing104; Admin Moderator

Blog Pimp. Look at the post history.


18 posted on 02/25/2006 10:10:03 PM PST by Old Sarge (In a Hole in the Ground, there Lived a Fobbit...)
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