The “Profession” question’s text presupposes that respondents work in some “academic field”. I think deleting the word “academic” would be an improvement, since it would e.g. avoid the risk that someone who works as a farmer thinks “oh, this question is not for the likes of me” rather than just putting in “Farming” or “Agriculture” in the write-in slot at the end (which I assume would be more helpful).
I agree and it’s been updated. I read it as “what academic field does your work fall under?” but that does make the computer trifecta a little odd. This is one of the ones I got from previous surveys, so we have a little risk of throwing answers off by changing the wording, but I think it’s safe enough.
The “Profession” question’s text presupposes that respondents work in some “academic field”. I think deleting the word “academic” would be an improvement, since it would e.g. avoid the risk that someone who works as a farmer thinks “oh, this question is not for the likes of me” rather than just putting in “Farming” or “Agriculture” in the write-in slot at the end (which I assume would be more helpful).
I agree and it’s been updated. I read it as “what academic field does your work fall under?” but that does make the computer trifecta a little odd. This is one of the ones I got from previous surveys, so we have a little risk of throwing answers off by changing the wording, but I think it’s safe enough.