ACX
Take The 2025 ACX Survey
Scott announces the annual ACX reader survey for 2025, offering free subscriptions to random participants and highlighting interesting findings from previous years.
2 min read 222 words
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Essays on survey methodology
19 essaysACX
Highlights From The Comments On Long COVID And Bisexuality
Scott Alexander addresses feedback on his post about bisexuality and Long COVID, discussing alternative explanations and defending his methodology.
46 min read 7,069 words
ACX
Highlights From The Comments On The Media Very Rarely Lying
Scott Alexander addresses reactions to his claim that media rarely lies, exploring different interpretations of 'lying' and examining specific cases of alleged media deception.
48 min read 7,391 words
ACX
Will Nonbelievers Really Believe Anything?
Scott Alexander investigates whether non-religious people are more prone to believing conspiracy theories, finding a U-shaped relationship between religiosity and skepticism.
9 min read 1,270 words
SSC
Bush Did North Dakota
Scott Alexander introduces the 'North Dakota Constant' to explain why about 33% of people tend to believe in conspiracy theories in surveys, regardless of evidence.
9 min read 1,316 words
SSC
Update To Partial Retraction Of Animal Value And Neuron Number
Scott Alexander explains discrepancies in animal moral value surveys, highlighting how methodology affects results, and emphasizes the importance of clear research procedures.
4 min read 523 words
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SSC Survey Results 2019
Scott Alexander announces the results of the 2019 Slate Star Codex survey, providing links to the questions, results, and downloadable public datasets.
2 min read 161 words
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Impending Survey Discussion Thread
Scott announces an upcoming SSC survey and invites reader suggestions, while warning that most won't be implemented.
1 min read 80 words
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SSC Survey Results 2018
Scott Alexander shares the results and data from the 2018 SSC Survey, which received over 8,000 responses, and invites readers to explore the findings.
2 min read 293 words
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SSC Survey 2017
Scott Alexander announces the 2017 SSC survey and requests readers to provide simple, machine-readable answers for easier processing.
1 min read 132 words
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2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey
Scott announces the 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey, encouraging all community members including lurkers to participate in the main survey and optional extra credit questions, with a monetary reward available.
3 min read 420 words
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2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Call For Critiques/Questions
Scott is preparing the 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey and asks for feedback on the draft survey and suggestions for additional questions to include.
2 min read 286 words
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2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey
Scott announces the 2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey, urging all readers to participate in the main survey (10-15 minutes) plus optional extra credit questions, with clear instructions for standardized responses and a deadline of December 31st, 2013.
4 min read 473 words
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2013 Census/Survey: call for changes and additions
Scott announces the 2013 LessWrong Census/Survey and requests community input for minor changes, particularly seeking better IQ and Big Five tests and asking CFAR about their previous questions.
2 min read 201 words
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Utility Weight Results
Scott Alexander analyzes the results of his utility and QALY survey, discussing interesting findings and the challenges of utility measurement.
7 min read 1,010 words
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2012 Survey Results
Scott presents comprehensive results from the 2012 Less Wrong Survey of 1195 respondents, covering demographics, beliefs, IQ measures, and a concerning calibration test showing poor performance at avoiding overconfidence bias.
35 min read 5,419 words
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2012 Less Wrong Census Survey: Call For Critiques/Questions
Scott announces the draft of the 2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey and requests community feedback on question clarity, suggestions for additional questions, and recommendations for an internet IQ test before the official launch.
2 min read 263 words
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2011 Less Wrong Census / Survey
Scott announces a new Less Wrong census and survey to replace the outdated 2009 version, maintaining its structure for comparison while fixing problems and updating questions.
2 min read 260 words
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Excuse me, would you like to take a survey?
Scott proposes a LessWrong community survey to gather demographics and opinions, shares a draft, and asks readers to suggest additional questions and weigh in on privacy concerns about releasing raw data.
3 min read 336 words