sm1939
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I feel like in life you have ups and downs this too will pass.
I wouldn't make too much of the survey from 10 years ago saying they wanted the royal house to be abolished versus the current survey saying 72 percent currently want to keep it. Those are distinct questions -- one is a positive question "keep the monarchy," and one is a negative question "abolish the monarchy." (At least in English. It's hard to know how they were posed in Norwegian.)In a recent poll conducted by Respons Analyze for VG, 1,000 people were questioned.
35 % respond that they have become more negative towards the monarchy. 6 % have become more positive, while 56 % respond that their view has not changed.
Of those who have become more negative towards the monarchy, over 60% believe that a republic should be introduced. Of those who say that their view of the monarchy has not changed, 44 % are unsure whether Norway should remain a monarchy.
At similar survey ten years ago, 65.4 % answered "no" to whether they wanted the royal house to be abolished. Now 72 % say they want to keep the monarchy.
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Your hunch is correct.I wouldn't make too much of the survey from 10 years ago saying they wanted the royal house to be abolished versus the current survey saying 72 percent currently want to keep it. Those are distinct questions -- one is a positive question "keep the monarchy," and one is a negative question "abolish the monarchy." (At least in English. It's hard to know how they were posed in Norwegian.)
It's an old marketing trick to word things this way to get the answer you want. It would be interesting to know if the same company was asking the same question 10 years ago to a similar demographic.
This is the English translation (Google) of the comment:I wouldn't make too much of the survey from 10 years ago saying they wanted the royal house to be abolished versus the current survey saying 72 percent currently want to keep it. Those are distinct questions -- one is a positive question "keep the monarchy," and one is a negative question "abolish the monarchy." (At least in English. It's hard to know how they were posed in Norwegian.)
It's an old marketing trick to word things this way to get the answer you want. It would be interesting to know if the same company was asking the same question 10 years ago to a similar demographic.
Which measurement was faulty, the current measurement or the previous measurement, and in which direction?VG might want to market it that way but their measurement was faulty and therefore the conclusion isn't justified as kalnel rightly pointed out.
Both are not very reliable as it used just one question instead of various questions to truly gauge people's thoughts on the monarchy. However, especially the comparison is faulty. People are more likely to agree than to disagree with a statement, so if they want to make a comparison a similar question (to a comparable group of people) needs to be asked.Which measurement was faulty, the current measurement or the previous measurement, and in which direction?