Last Chance to Complete the Supporters Direct Scotland Survey

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BD, sorry I seem to have overlooked your earlier question though I did answer some others.

 

I will get you answers although possibly not tonight!

 

However, similar issues were raised by CST and I obtained this response from SD's professional advisers which may deal with some of your concerns:

 

Thanks for the reply, BH, and Happy New Year, mate!

 

Looks like I'm in good company.

 

 

 

I don't think any questions in the survey are leading. Some are asking about proposals people may not agree with (such as the SPL claims or what to do if a 16/18 league structure was adopted) but that does not mean they are leading. On the proposals they would only be leading if there was bias in how the question was framed or if there was not the option of saying you disagree with the proposal.

 

We specifically made sure that each question asked whether they "support or oppose" therefore not giving priority to one point of view in the question framing. In addition the response options give people equal opportunity to either support or oppose therefore not leading them to one point of view. And the evidence from the near xxxx responses so far indicate that respondents are differentiating between proposals and quite willing to oppose the options they do not agree with.

 

I disagree with that. Questions that can have agree or disagree can still be leading. The fact that people agree or disagree again doesn't make them not leading.

 

 

 

On the detail of some of the proposals such as distributing income more evenly or a pyramid structure then it is always a balance to be made between the brevity of the question and the level of detail provided. In my experience of other work providing long explanatory paragraphs in questions is more detrimental to response rates therefore we have adhered to the principle of less is more (as we have also done in the length of the questionnaire). That inevitably means a compromise on the detail that can be provided. But that does not that the findings are not meaningful.

 

Sounds like getting a high response rate is more important than getting a lower but more accurate one. What's the point of a lot of responses if they don't fully understand the question. For example, I'm not 100% sure if we currently have a pyramid system at the moment (within the terms of the question).

 

From responses to date there is no evidence that a lack of detail is impacting on responses - for example only 22 people have skipped the pyramid structure question which is around 1% of respondents and entirely normal for this type of survey. This suggests that the overwhelming majority of respondents understand the principle of what a pyramid structure is.

 

No it doesn't suggest that. People can answer questions that they don't fully understand.