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March 17

National identity in England (ethnic groups)

Hello. The link below shows a survey done on the national identity of ethnic groups in England, ethnic groups, I repeat, not in general; it is the groups I am interested in, just out of curiosity. Has a new survey been done, if so where can I find it? Because I would like to see it, if it exists, because this page dates back to 2013 and the survey itself to 2011. Thank you very much. https://hummedia.manchester.ac.uk/institutes/code/briefingsupdated/who-feels-british.pdf 37.182.78.11 (talk) 14:57, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That excellent briefing was based entirely on data about England in the 2011 United Kingdom census. More recent data is available from the 2021 United Kingdom census. The data about the national identities of people in different ethnic groups is available from the UK Data Service. The Office for National Statistics was scheduled to release a commentary discussing this data in early 2023, but as far as I can see, they never did. This is probably because there is a critical problem: the order of answers on the national identity question was changed between 2011 (when the first answer on the list was "English") and 2021 (when the first answer was "British"). IIRC, this change was not made in the other three nations of the UK. ONS has issued a quality notice that warns you should "Take care when interpreting results for these groups", which is civil-servant speak for "we completely messed this up so you can't compare the two censuses". Matt's talk 10:04, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to escape sample bias in life?

How to even discover that you may be at a sample bias situation and need to discover if you are at it or not (and then escape it)? 179.134.102.52 (talk) 22:44, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

By introspection in the light of your knowledge of this sort of bias? By discussing the issue in question with a variety of people outside your cultural circle, or at least reading/watching their views online? By accessing and studying scholarly works on the subject? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.213.188.170 (talk) 04:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ask Kurt Gödel. 12.116.29.106 (talk) 18:33, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]