All the Mail I Never Sent

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Hi A—

My responses are attached.

I know it is unsolicited, although hopefully constructive, but I have a little criticism. Some of the questions in the survey contain operator bias, which might skew your results. Also, your covering mail was quite confusing.

It would have been good to know straight up how my data were to be used, ie, that they were going into a book (this is quite different to going into a university thesis, for example), followed by information on how the book is to be published, and who the expected readership is.

It would also be good to know who you are doing the research for, and possibly how it is being funded.

I hope this doesn’t sound snarky or unpleasant - it is very difficult to judge people’s tone online, especially if you don’t know them.

Many thanks,

L—

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