University of Colorado Denver Survey on cyclist behaviour
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University of Colorado Denver Survey on cyclist behaviour
Scofflaw Biking Survey
It seems that they are trying to understand why cyclist road behaviour does or does not align with laws and expectations. It's one of the few surveys that I've done that allow you to explain some of your choices in detail.
It seems that they are trying to understand why cyclist road behaviour does or does not align with laws and expectations. It's one of the few surveys that I've done that allow you to explain some of your choices in detail.
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So when do we get to see the results. All in all a pretty good survet, but I dont know how valid it will be because of self selection.
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A longish survey - but well thought out. It will be interesting when they compile the data and publish the results.
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Question one is going to be interesting. Most studies done asking "Do you consider yourself a good driver", end up with a very high percentage. And most drivers also consider other drivers incompetent. Thus creating this nasty endless loop of entitlement and aggression.
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Question one is going to be interesting. Most studies done asking "Do you consider yourself a good driver", end up with a very high percentage. And most drivers also consider other drivers incompetent. Thus creating this nasty endless loop of entitlement and aggression.
The data could be skewed (limiting factors) by the fact that a lot of people who would probably take this survey are cyclists educated and dedicated enough to answer a longish survey, have decent internet access and some free time. On a purely anecdotal note - I don't think a lot of the populace who they want to sample for a equitable perspective will be taking this survey.
If I made a prediction - those riders who are older, better educated, experience in traffic conditions will be rated safer. This would not be a big surprise. If I had been designing this survey I would have started with demographics first, captured different subsets of riders (those who had been issued summons) and posed more scenarios + added more constructed response questions. Of course, the latter is far more time consuming as you need someone to find that subset or rider and man power vs. some psych. graduate students to sift and analyze responses.
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Possibly - but we don't know how they're compiling, or analyzing the data. Question One might set up a baseline (based on affective domain) and from that point refine/define against more affective, psychomotor-related response based on the initial premise of "good " driver. So, conservative "good" drivers would answer typically as "safer." What'd interesting and very useful is that the survey includes demographics questions. Age, education, race, geographic location and finance etc.
The data could be skewed (limiting factors) by the fact that a lot of people who would probably take this survey are cyclists educated and dedicated enough to answer a longish survey, have decent internet access and some free time. On a purely anecdotal note - I don't think a lot of the populace who they want to sample for a equitable perspective will be taking this survey.
If I made a prediction - those riders who are older, better educated, experience in traffic conditions will be rated safer. This would not be a big surprise. If I had been designing this survey I would have started with demographics first, captured different subsets of riders (those who had been issued summons) and posed more scenarios + added more constructed response questions. Of course, the latter is far more time consuming as you need someone to find that subset or rider and man power vs. some psych. graduate students to sift and analyze responses.
The data could be skewed (limiting factors) by the fact that a lot of people who would probably take this survey are cyclists educated and dedicated enough to answer a longish survey, have decent internet access and some free time. On a purely anecdotal note - I don't think a lot of the populace who they want to sample for a equitable perspective will be taking this survey.
If I made a prediction - those riders who are older, better educated, experience in traffic conditions will be rated safer. This would not be a big surprise. If I had been designing this survey I would have started with demographics first, captured different subsets of riders (those who had been issued summons) and posed more scenarios + added more constructed response questions. Of course, the latter is far more time consuming as you need someone to find that subset or rider and man power vs. some psych. graduate students to sift and analyze responses.
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One way to look at it though; and one of the conclusions drawn from the study I had read a couple years ago; is that some might feel that being a 'good' driver excludes them from following road laws. Being a 'good' driver in the minds of some means having some sort of perceived skill; rather than following the laws. i.e., "I can go above the speed limit safely, because I'm a good driver" or "It's not really important for me to stop at a stop sign because I'm smart enough to be able to tell that traffic isn't coming either direction".
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I agree. I think in building a useful survey you'd have to build in some limits within the survey based on perceived, or real skills. That limit will exclude certain individuals from taking the survey because it inevitably result in skewed data. That said it would be fun/disparate populations of survey takers. Just for kicks I would test: Jailed sociopaths, psychopaths and compare them against graduate students entering business schools.
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Funny but except for the survey thing it sounds like A&S anyway.
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It's apparently on purpose. See Scofflaw Biking Survey (Yeah, We Said It) - Washington BikesWashington Bikes
Basically, it is to get more people to answer the survey.
"When we asked why the survey wasn’t labeled something neutral that didn’t load the dice with presuppositions, he wrote,
“In terms of using the word ‘scofflaw,’ it was very intentional. If I had called it something more general like a ‘transportation behavior survey there is no way I’d have gotten even a fraction of the respondents that we have already."
Basically, it is to get more people to answer the survey.
"When we asked why the survey wasn’t labeled something neutral that didn’t load the dice with presuppositions, he wrote,
“In terms of using the word ‘scofflaw,’ it was very intentional. If I had called it something more general like a ‘transportation behavior survey there is no way I’d have gotten even a fraction of the respondents that we have already."
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It's apparently on purpose. See Scofflaw Biking Survey (Yeah, We Said It) - Washington BikesWashington Bikes
Basically, it is to get more people to answer the survey.
When we asked why the survey wasn’t labeled something neutral that didn’t load the dice with presuppositions, he wrote,
“In terms of using the word ‘scofflaw,’ it was very intentional. If I had called it something more general like a ‘transportation behavior survey there is no way I’d have gotten even a fraction of the respondents that we have already.
- See more at: Scofflaw Biking Survey (Yeah, We Said It) - Washington BikesWashington Bikes
Basically, it is to get more people to answer the survey.
When we asked why the survey wasn’t labeled something neutral that didn’t load the dice with presuppositions, he wrote,
“In terms of using the word ‘scofflaw,’ it was very intentional. If I had called it something more general like a ‘transportation behavior survey there is no way I’d have gotten even a fraction of the respondents that we have already.
- See more at: Scofflaw Biking Survey (Yeah, We Said It) - Washington BikesWashington Bikes
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Question one is going to be interesting. Most studies done asking "Do you consider yourself a good driver", end up with a very high percentage. And most drivers also consider other drivers incompetent. Thus creating this nasty endless loop of entitlement and aggression.
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well, most of us are victims of the Dunning Kruger effect to some extent.
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