Let me assure you that some of us do understand what is being
presented and also the coments/conditional exclusion stated by
Leong. But I think most people have become very skeptical of such
surveys/study presented, as they often do tend to serve a purpose
obviously. And that is alright of course, and so are counter
criticisms! Depending on the statistics and figures and assumptions
one chooses, different consequential results can be elicited to
justify polices to be adapted. As to your challenge to do a survey,
it is typical of how the government once used to challenge well
meaning critics to stand for elections rather than being in an
armchair. Well, my answer to that is : We have all our own
different roles to play, to improve the system, lest it becomes
tardy like the MRT lines!
You missed my point.
But its ok.
Its only to be expected from one who hasn't done any such
under-takings before.
Contrary to popular belief, it is actually possible for the
general public to do their own studies. Information is available to
do that.
You dont have to do your own survey to do that. You can use the
govt's survey. There is little reason to believe that those are
flawed. Simply because there are techniques in masking data. You
just have to know what they are, and then work around the problem.
It might affect accuracy. But that can be mitigated by controlling
for regression effects.
My challenge still stands.
I've just done a research on the affordability of housing
(first-time buyers) and it stands in agreement with the
government's assessment.
But it doesn't mean that I agree with what they are
doing.
Numbers do not lie. But interpretations do differ greatly.
To illustrate, just a 1 minute job of taking data from govt
websites and then using Excel gives you something to ponder on
already with regards to inequality here.
If I, as a member of public, can generate this kind of
income-decile graph, from "official (read "corrupted PAP") govt
website", what excuse do you have in bashing and what not without
looking through the primary sources used on your own?
