Six variables
Motivated, in part, by representative survey data of the UK population collected by YouGov in 2015, six sociodemographic and attitudinal variables are analysed, namely increasing government spending to stimulate the economy, age, gender, education, household finance, and political affiliation.
Due to where 'six' is placed in this sentence, does it imply that there are six sociodemographic AND six attitudinal variables, meaning 12 variables in total? There are six variables, some are sociodemographic and some are attitudinal.
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I find it somewhat ambiguous as it stands as far as the variables are concerned, but that is the least of your problems. " "Namely" takes a comma after it. I can't see how spending can stimulate age or gender, or indeed any of the rest of the list.
- I find it somewhat ambiguous as it stands as far as the variables are concerned, but that is the least of your problems.
- " "Namely" takes a comma after it.
- I can't see how spending can stimulate age or gender, or indeed any of the rest of the list.
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I find it somewhat ambiguous as it stands as far as the variables are concerned, but that is the least of your problems. The ambiguity is easily rectified: "Motivated in part by representative survey data of the UK population collected by YouGov in 2015, six variables, some sociodemographic and some attitudinal, are analysed …." "Namely" takes a comma after it. I can't see how spending can sti
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