https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/06/are-you-a-north-american-and-i/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/06/are-you-a-north-american-and-i/#comment-519685 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:33:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/06/are-you-a-north-american-and-i/#comment-519685 I think these are questions that are typical for a survey of this type. Ultimately, there is more variation in the population than the categorical variables suggest, but that does not mean the variables can’t be managed. Having a “Now (with X= age) and High school” dichotomy in this sort of thing is common. In fact, that may make these survey results comparable to other data.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/06/are-you-a-north-american-and-i/#comment-519684 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:24:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/06/are-you-a-north-american-and-i/#comment-519684 I’ve spent 40 years around Philly where I was born. Then there were a couple of years in CO and 10 years in Silicon Valley. Does it matter that I may have modified my speech patterns by spending so much time from my birth location? I also used to redily pick up southern redneck when using a CB…

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/06/are-you-a-north-american-and-i/#comment-519683 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:12:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/06/are-you-a-north-american-and-i/#comment-519683 Should I be skeptical about a survey that assumes I could have grown up speaking English in Canada, in a high school with a zip code or city, state?

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