Bad Gender Measures & How to Avoid Them

A guide by a trans psychologist.

Ah yes the four genders.

Researchers: This is your regularly-scheduled reminder that if you are measuring gender in a survey, your options should not be “Male” “Female” and “Transgender”.

As a psychologist, survey designer, and statistical consultant, I encounter a lot of bad gender measures in surveys, and have to work with a lot of the bad…