Survey about sexual orientation of surveyor changing results

March 22, 2015 4:24 PM

A while ago on the Blue (I think) I saw an article about an experiment done where the people giving the survey would either make some comment that indicated they were homosexual or not, and the results of the survey changed based on that. I can't find this article now, when I have a speech on LGBT rights.

It doesn't sound like a very scientific experiment, but I am wanting to read it again in context so I can see if it's worth using in my speech. Any idea where this might be?

posted by motioncityshakespeare to MetaFilter-Related at 4:24 PM (8 comments total)

I've heard about this REPEATEDLY (probably on the Blue, and NPR, etc.) but it's impossible to come up with good search terms. Argh!
posted by wintersweet at 5:20 PM on March 22, 2015

FOUND IT! I hope that's what you were looking for. The Advocate article has links to coverage of the study; here's the actual study. I got it by using the phrase "gay canvassers" (name of my next band).
posted by wintersweet at 5:23 PM on March 22, 2015 [7 favorites]

Thank you wintersweet!!
posted by motioncityshakespeare at 5:28 PM on March 22, 2015

And canvassers was what I was missing. Surveyors was just the totally wrong word.
posted by motioncityshakespeare at 5:28 PM on March 22, 2015

Go figure, eh?

Good luck with your speech!
posted by wintersweet at 6:05 PM on March 22, 2015

"Gay Surveyors" is the name of my new Gay Canvassers tribute band.
posted by nebulawindphone at 6:22 PM on March 22, 2015 [20 favorites]

Ha! I had a project get funded through that. I should contact them to see if they used any of our data.
posted by klangklangston at 9:19 PM on March 22, 2015

Aha! "Canvassers" popped this FPP: A Single Conversation. Good luck with your speech!
posted by MonkeyToes at 6:11 AM on March 23, 2015