Everyone who’s suggesting changes: you are much more likely to get your way if you suggest a specific alternative. For example, instead of “handle politics better”, something like “your politics question should have these five options: a, b, c, d, and e.” Or instead of “use a more valid IQ measure”, something more like “Here’s a site with a quick and easy test that I think is valid”
In that case: use the exact ethics questions from the PhilPapers Survey (http://philpapers.org/surveys/), probably minus lean/accept distinction and the endless drop-down menu for “other.”
For IQ: maybe you could nudge people to greater honesty by splitting up the question: (1) have you ever taken an IQ test with [whatever features were specified on this year’s survey], yes or no? (2) if yes, what was your score?
Also, “ever” might be a bit too long. IQs and IQ tests can change over time, so maybe you should ask “have you taken an IQ test [with constraints] in the last 10 years?”
Everyone who’s suggesting changes: you are much more likely to get your way if you suggest a specific alternative. For example, instead of “handle politics better”, something like “your politics question should have these five options: a, b, c, d, and e.” Or instead of “use a more valid IQ measure”, something more like “Here’s a site with a quick and easy test that I think is valid”
In that case: use the exact ethics questions from the PhilPapers Survey (http://philpapers.org/surveys/), probably minus lean/accept distinction and the endless drop-down menu for “other.”
For IQ: maybe you could nudge people to greater honesty by splitting up the question: (1) have you ever taken an IQ test with [whatever features were specified on this year’s survey], yes or no? (2) if yes, what was your score?
Also, “ever” might be a bit too long. IQs and IQ tests can change over time, so maybe you should ask “have you taken an IQ test [with constraints] in the last 10 years?”