tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post7427599972674995491..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Fear of an Enlightened PlanetCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-35591234451034250602009-07-12T11:44:44.253-04:002009-07-12T11:44:44.253-04:00Bix, this is a major bone of contention to me. I&...Bix, this is a major bone of contention to me. I'm a very big supporter of open access publishing, but my university has a policy of not supporting it, basically because of the free rider effect. They'd have to spend money and their rivals might not. So I can't even publish open access for the most part. I have a small discretionary account from consulting work, so if there's enough in there I can consider it, but that's the only way.<br /><br />Kathy, as for polls, you can hang up on market researchers and push pollers, but I hope you'll cooperate with social scientists. Survey research makes an essential contribution to our understanding of society.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-2447001115985415762009-07-10T17:21:42.396-04:002009-07-10T17:21:42.396-04:00Boy would I like to see peer-reviewed journals mor...Boy would I like to see peer-reviewed journals more available to the public. My local library said they can't get (afford?) a subscription for online access. And the library of my Alma Mater won't give access to alumni. It sure is a members-only club.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-7516456526490875282009-07-10T15:33:44.538-04:002009-07-10T15:33:44.538-04:00i just have to wonder about the reliability of the...i just have to wonder about the reliability of these surveys, particularly the "what does the public think" ones. who do they get to participate in these?<br /><br />i can only speak for myself, but i feel so bombarded with customer service surveys, marketing surveys, political surveys, etc. that i rarely agree to participate.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com