{"id":1855,"date":"2025-04-15T17:13:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2026-10-18T04:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T03:40:35","slug":"how-to-miss-the-point-on-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/?p=1855","title":{"rendered":"How to Miss the Point on Bullying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cambridge University has now supplied more response to the article on bullying in The Observer<\/a>. The percentages in the article were based on those who expressed an opinion. So, the University is conceding that the numbers in the article are the correct percentages with ‘don’t knows<\/em>‘ excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have no experience of how the university deals with bullying, you most likely will respond ‘don’t know<\/em>‘ to the statement “I am satisfied with how bullying and harassment are addressed in<\/em> my department”<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Don’t knows<\/em>‘ are missing data. Missing data generally adds zero value to your analysis and can skew potential results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have experienced bullying, then you will have an opinion, whether good or bad. The Observer <\/em>decided that this is the most useful statistic to report to their readers (which they are entitled to do).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether to include or exclude ‘don’t knows’ depends on whether you value \u201cclean data” or value “more data” \u2014 both have some validity. The 21 Group believes The Observer<\/em>‘s approach was best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, whether the number is 40% dissatisfied with the University’s response to bullying with (DKs included) or 45 % (with DKs excluded), it is still a very bad number.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The point is; why aren’t the numbers much closer to zero. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zero tolerance to bullying means these numbers should be zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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