self-selecting

• “In a conventional review, one is writing for a (self-selecting) readership that shares the general standards of the genre or the particular venue, or the personal standards of the particular reviewer.”

  Archive 2009-06-01

• “Google stands to gain quite a bit from people self-selecting their targeted interests, as advertisers might pay even more for delivering the most relevant ads to people (I would totally participate in this if I never had to see another acai berry or belly fat ad again).”

  Beware of Google’s New Personalized Ad System

• “Even if methods and techniques can be developed to ensure all individuals realize their maximum potential IQ, in our society those with higher IQ levels will continue to become an increasingly powerful and self-selecting elite.”

  The Bell Curve Revisited « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website

• “From self-selecting the news we receive to designing our own tennis shoes, personalization is the order of the day.”

  The Huffington Post: Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson: The Museum As Transcendent Space

• “Beyond that, the "team-player" ethos rules, and applicants -- already a pretty self-selecting bunch -- are rigorously screened for philosophical compliance (generally business school degrees from the "right" schools, participation in team sports, etc, are all viewed very highly, as indicative of the sort of conventionality they're looking for).”

  Monoculture Is Bad For Business - Anil Dash

• “Most research surveys have serious problems getting enough people to respond to ensure the results really are representative, and the people who do respond are likely to be a self-selecting group with particularly strong opinions about the topic.”

  2009 October 2 | Serendipity

• “It was a small sample, just 664 respondents; and it was self-selecting, which tends to skew any poll towards the malcontented, and thus exaggerate the negative.”

  The Guardian: David Cameron's pledge to protect NHS clouded by emerging reality of cuts

• “Of course, there are many nongovernment sites that feature conversations on governing, but most also tend to be politically self-selecting and the comments often tend toward the partisan.”

  The Huffington Post: Gadi Ben-Yehuda: Becoming Citizen 2.0: Step Two -- Creator

• “That wouldn't work Bryan: people who sign either yes or no are "self-selecting.”

  Leveraging Agreement, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

• “The 300 million are self-selecting, of course: if you know you won't get in, you won't bother to wait for months for interviews, pay multiple hefty fees, etc., so the 300 million are going to be better qualified than most would-be immigrants.”

  Thoughts on Immigration, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

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