调查
surveys that ask people to do sth(list their top fears) often report (结果, sth as most widely selected, ahead of)
Indeed, surveys that ask people to list their top fears often report public speaking as the most widely selected, ahead of snakes, heights — and even death.
there was once a study doing sth. they found that sb claiming sth do.......
There was once a study comparing people's estimated work weeks with time diaries. They found that people claiming 75-plus-hour work weeks are off by about 25 hours.
correlate the scales of different geometries
the gains of some outweigh the losses of others
Not only is it necessary to have a cardinal measure for each representative individual but some method of correlating the scales of different geometries is presupposed if we are to say that the gains of some are to outweigh the losses of others.
