http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/07/26/behind-the-numbers-of-the-subway-sexual-harassment-survey/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:59:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/07/26/behind-the-numbers-of-the-subway-sexual-harassment-survey/#comment-1027 Subway Harassment Largely Unreported, According to Manhattan Beep’s Survey at Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:47:32 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/07/26/behind-the-numbers-of-the-subway-sexual-harassment-survey/#comment-1027 [...] Second Avenue Sagas notes that the survey was emailed to 20,000 people (the Manhattan Borough President’s office worked with a number of organizations, including the Straphanger’s Campaign, Right Rides, NOW, Hollaback, to get out the word about the online survey), which suggests the statistics could be somewhat inflated, given that the almost 1800 respondents who did fill out the subway may have been weighted towards people who have experienced subway harassment (indeed, about 67% of the respondents are women). This is a point the study acknowledges as a limitation, but says it still serves as “an invaluable ’snapshot’ of a problem that persists but is inherently difficult to quantify.” [...] [...] Second Avenue Sagas notes that the survey was emailed to 20,000 people (the Manhattan Borough President’s office worked with a number of organizations, including the Straphanger’s Campaign, Right Rides, NOW, Hollaback, to get out the word about the online survey), which suggests the statistics could be somewhat inflated, given that the almost 1800 respondents who did fill out the subway may have been weighted towards people who have experienced subway harassment (indeed, about 67% of the respondents are women). This is a point the study acknowledges as a limitation, but says it still serves as “an invaluable ’snapshot’ of a problem that persists but is inherently difficult to quantify.” [...]

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/07/26/behind-the-numbers-of-the-subway-sexual-harassment-survey/#comment-1028 Harlan Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:28:52 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/07/26/behind-the-numbers-of-the-subway-sexual-harassment-survey/#comment-1028 Yeah, giant self-selection bias. Any undergrad in the social sciences would look at that survey and laugh at the conclusions. Yeah, giant self-selection bias. Any undergrad in the social sciences would look at that survey and laugh at the conclusions.

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