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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: Squeezing more information from my survey of cryonicists
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:56:27 +0200

On 4 Apr 2006, at 20:00,  wrote:
>
>   As another example, I have tried to profile the respondents
> who answered YES to question 12 [Do you use the word 'immortality'
> to mean infinite (non-finite) lifespan (eternal life)?] and
> YES to question 13 [Do you believe that science will eventually
> enable people to have infinite (non-finite) lifespans?]. I chose
> questions 12 and 13, and clicked on "Obtain SubSurvey for Profiling".
> Then I chose the YES answer for both questions and clicked on
> "Display Profile". This gave me a SubSurvey Profile of the 20
> respondents who answered YES to questions 12 and 13.
>
>   These respondents were more evenly split between those who
> definitely think cryonics can be currently practiced without
> freezing damage to the brain and those who think not
> (in the general survey twice as many believe cryonics cannot
> be currently practiced without freezing damage to the brain).

If we consider all responses to the Brain question, the difference is  
not significant.


>   This subgroup was more disturbed than the broader group
> that people wanting cryopreservation might not be able to
> afford it.

NS

>
>    Slightly more of this subgroup was motivated by a desire
> to see the future.

NS

>
>   A greater percentage of this subgroup was disturbed at the
> idea of not being able to live longer than one million years.
>
NS


>   A higher percentage of this subgroup are sign-up cryonicists.

NS

>
>
>    But 20 respondents may not be a large enough sub-sample for
> making reliable conclusions.

Clearly it is not, unless, pehaps, you specify exactly what responses  
are to be compared or combined for a comparison.


dss

David Stodolsky    Skype: davidstodolsky

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