
Just out of curiosity : It is possible to get name, employer name, location, usage information and academic background details when searching for R users on LinkedIn and the many R related groups there.
Does this also provide potential opportunities for misuse and "outrageous"  analyses, since almost anyone can get onto LinkedIn and access user profiles ?
[Dwyer Rex USRE] That's a no-brainer: YES!

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:02 PM, <rex.dwyer@syngenta.com<mailto:rex.dwyer@syngenta.com>> wrote:
Harsh, "Suitably analyzed" for whose purposes?  One man's "suitable" is another's "outrageous". That's why people want to see the gowns at the Oscars.  Under what auspices are you conducting this survey?  What do you intend to do with it?  You don't give any assurance that the results you post won't have personally identifiable information. I don't get the impression that you know much about survey design.

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Subject: [R] R usage survey

Hi R users,
I request members of the R community to consider filling a short survey
regarding the use of R.
The survey can be found at http://goo.gl/jw1ig

Please accept my apologies for posting here for a non-technical reason.

The data collected will be suitably analyzed and I'll post a link to the
results in the coming weeks.

Thank you all for your interest and for sharing your R usage information.

Regards,
Harsh Singhal
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