Re: I need everyone's Help - MMORPG Survey!

In article <hrc8m111gga8c8ccj5ar5gj9akh82j1kd1@xxxxxxx>,
ASKF <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> CoolJello ytrede sig i
> <1130636903.036025.108810@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> med dette:
>
> >Oh and as far as the results, they will be posted on my website once
> >the survey is complete, and this seems like a pretty good forum for
> >feedback, you certainly have been able to tell me what you think of it.
>
> You are doing the basics right, by giving the multible possibillities
> for answers, so you can easily combine them into 3 groups.
>
> Problem is, some of the questions sounds biased, and so does the
> possibillty for the answers.
>
> To make a survey of this kind, you need to make sure both questions and
> the possible answers are kept 100% neutral. If you make either one
> biased in any way, to make it scientific valid you need to make more
> questions, so you can cross check it (meaning another question with the
> opposite bias, and so for the answer option).
>
> In large surveys it's normal to have 3-5 cross checking questions, just
> to make sure the persons answering doesn't try to manipulate the result.

If you're interested in researching this, the technique is called "test
standardization." The multiple-questions, above, trick is one method of
standardization. There are others.

Of course, junk-science practitioners use these techniques exactly in
reverse -- they intentionally bias the questions & answers to produce
the desired results (i.e., "90% of respondents to a university study
reported that they would quit their jobs to play World of Warcraft", or
similar.)

Perhaps you did this inadvertently but -- and I mean no offense -- your
survey suffers from nearly all of the classic survey blunders. In fact,
it is this completeness in its bad-science that fosters the impression
that it may be intentional.

--
Nabuu, Tauren druid on Dethecus.
Also (rarely):
Chum, Gnome warlock, Bronzebeard
Tost, Dwarven rogue, Bronzebeard
Meadow, Night elf priest, Bronzebeard
Harmany, Undead mage, Dethecus
<http://www.ManyFriends.com/WoW/PhotoAlbum/>
Aka "Misc" -- If you don't remove your pants, I won't get your email.
.