Michael Wu, Ph.D. is Lithium's Principal Scientist of Analytics, digging into the complex dynamics of social interaction and group behavior in online communities and social networks.
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Hello Ned,
Glad we are on the same page now.
I agree that it would be interesting and probably valuable to include a survey category for "Folks who can but would not attend the IRL but instead opt for the Virtual event." But then this question really posese more question as to why they make that choice. Just knowing that they chose virtual even if they can come to the IRL event is not as helpful, because they can, for any reason, not want to come to the IRL event. From an survey design point of view, I would have to say that just a YES (I could have come to the IRL) vs NO (I cannot make it to the IRL) is much cleaner and more elegant, just from experience. Besides, I only have to survey the attendees. (Not sure if you've read The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less. I think you might find it interesting.) Moreover, I would have to survey all the registrants for this to not bias by those who came to the virtual event. If I am only surveying the attendees which is a smaller sampler, I am not sure if the increase variability in the answer justifies the extra category. Just my opinion here.
Thanks again for the discussion. See you next time.