tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post115596641780075862..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Ron Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-1156223298114684892006-08-21T22:08:00.000-07:002006-08-21T22:08:00.000-07:00Steve: I would be surprised if accurate translatio...Steve: I would be surprised if accurate translation was never an issue. One thing I will do is build a data set, and then analyze correlations among related questions to see more clearly what is being captured. Perhaps the "can't be too careful" question translates better because it puts S. Africa almost 30 points less trusting than Japan.Ron Guhnamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-1156077695503013632006-08-20T05:41:00.000-07:002006-08-20T05:41:00.000-07:00I wonder how precise is the translation of these q...I wonder how precise is the translation of these questions into each language. Most of the patterns fit pretty well with objective evidence and subjective observations, but then some don't, like Japan being just as distrusting as South Africa. Here are two countries with wildly different violent crime rates. Perhaps the translations of the questions weren't quite the same?Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-1156016906931454092006-08-19T12:48:00.000-07:002006-08-19T12:48:00.000-07:00No mention of Fukuyama!? The man has fallen on har...No mention of Fukuyama!? The man has fallen on hard times. Recent events have made "End of History" look silly and Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" correct, and now he doesn't even fit well with his old neoconservative crowd. I think in his "Trust" book he contrasted his own Japanese people as a high-trust culture with supposedly low-trust Chinese. Weber was likely an influence, but changing times make Weber's analysis look similarly inapt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com