http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Satisfaction with Council in Edinburgh increases by a third" en Fri, 22 May 2026 00:27:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9233#post-96170 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:25:33 +0000 Instography 96170@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some details of the methodology are available by searching for "Edinburgh People's Survey". It's not an approach I've seen in any textbook on the subject.</p> <p>If I did a survey and found that a basic measure like value for money had almost doubled in a single year, without any obvious reason like a dramatic improvement in services or a dramatic decline in council tax, I'd be wondering if some source of significant bias might have influenced the results. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9233#post-96168 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:16:18 +0000 kaputnik 96168@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Without reading the press release, I assume it means satisfaction has skyrocketed from 3 to 4%? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9233#post-96155 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:24:28 +0000 BikeFan 96155@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>% satisfied with:/ Increase on 2011/2012/2011<br /> Delivering good vfm/ 29%+ / 60% / 31%</em></p> <p>Now if I was a spin-doctor and one year there was 31% satisfied, but the next year there was 60%, I'd be shouting that the increase was 93% - not a measly 29%</p> <p>Application form off tomorrow morning, I think - this Cooncil needs me! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9233#post-96150 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:16:02 +0000 steveo 96150@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm unsure who they surveyed because a larger than I would expect people were satisfied with their bin collection, given the collections of black bags and full wheelie bins around the place I'd say that wasn't really satisfactory. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9233#post-96146 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:09:19 +0000 Min 96146@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe they only asked people from Barnton? Huge wide smooth sweeping roads there. The only nice road surfaces I have ever seen in the city. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9233#post-96143 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:06:05 +0000 Nelly 96143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Morningsider, I just posted a comment on that very point to andrew burns - that one stat shows how flawed this is - and why was I not asked to contribute? I am sure my negativaty would have given some balance too the overall picture. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9233#post-96139 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:57:14 +0000 Morningsider 96139@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>56% of people are satisfied with the maintenance of roads! Really? I know the Council do a lot of good work and don't deserve much of the criticism they get in the EEN and the like, but roads maintenance isn't exactly a strong point. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9233#post-96138 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:47:32 +0000 chdot 96138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://andrewburns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/satisfaction-with-council-in-edinburgh.html?" rel="nofollow">http://andrewburns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/satisfaction-with-council-in-edinburgh.html?</a> </p>