[Buddha-l] Buddhism, the second largest religion in the world

[jkirk]

>>JK. Based on the kinds of questions census forms ask, this type of 
>>material
>>would be quite unreliable in the case of this topic.

> I am not sure what you mean. I would take the view that we should respect 
> people's answers. Why do you think they are particularly unreliable ?

 JK. You misunderstood my point: I was referring to the questions, i.e., how 
they are written, not to people's answers. I'm not the only social scientist 
who's objected to the way some census questions are phrased, but don't ask 
for examples. I've no census form with me right now.

>>Where that is
>>>  not available you just have to make an honest estimate that is broadly
>>>  comparable.
>>
>>JK.  Yes, and honest estimates will vary, an inherent limitation.
>
> Clearly. But that is still better than blatantly dishonest estimates.

JK--Obviously!
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