Survey & Research Thread
We regularly get requests to recruit members to participate in research for university courses or general surveys and rather than have rule forbidding them we feel a happy compromise would be to create a thread in which to post your requests. This way they don't overrun the forums but members interested in taking part know where to find the latest opportunities to get involved.
This thread is for surveys and research relevant to MMOs/RPGs or gaming in general. Do not post if you are wishing to sell something to participants. I check all surveys for any funny business
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EDIT - I will recreate this thread when it gets too long so it never goes past one page of posts, so your post will always be on the first page.
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Old 04-11-2007, 04:16 AM #2
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In order to find some concrete answers (i.e., not just opinions) to several questions involving strategy and gameplay within the context of World of Warcraft, it is necessary to gather good objective data regarding player choices and actual gaming experiences. To be able to demonstrate the intellectual sophistication of this activity, thereby silencing critics who, without any evidence, generally portray WoW as a mind-numbing game, one needs to show the mental processes involved in playing it.
We are a group of university researchers (and also avid WoW players) at the Graduate Program of Cognitive Psychology of the Federal University of Pernambuco, in Brazil (http://www.ufpe.br/psicologia), investigating psychological aspects of MMORPGs, particularly World of Warcraft, with emphasis on problem-solving, decision-making, motivations, gameplay, and satisfaction. Our main interests involve the cognitive dimensions of the game, though we will also definitely consider the issues of gameplay styles, choices, strategies, and their impacts on results (i.e., try to obtain the answers to some interesting "theorycraft" questions).
All of you, Horde and Alliance alike, can help by clicking on the following link (http://www.site.ecco.nom.br/formular...asp?q=bruno01#) and filling out our research form. In order to adequately encompass the gaming experience, it includes a fairly substantial number of questions (a little over 90), but it shouldn't take too long to answer them (estimate some 15-20 min). There are 27 questions.
Once we obtain the necessary data and have analyzed it, we will first share our findings with the participants and the player community for appreciation and discussion at http://www.vademecum.com.br/thewowcognitiveproject, where one will also find more information about our research project. Eventually, the final results will be part of two master's dissertations, as well as submitted for publication in indexed scientific journals.
Thank you all so very much.
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Old 06-11-2007, 02:27 AM #3
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This survey is being posted for a Research Methods in Communications
class at Cornell University. By agreeing to take this survey, you acknowledge that you are a voluntary participant and not bound under any condition to complete this experiment. Your answers and identity will be completely anonymous and will not be divulged under any circumstance. All information collected will remain confidential, and will only be used for academic purposes within the context of this research experiment.
Please follow these links to our survey on Surveymonkey.com. These links do not contain viruses or anything of that sort. We are using Surveymonkey.com to ensure accurate results, and complete confidentiality.
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You can only do each part once, so please complete them to the best of your knowledge.
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Old 21-11-2007, 12:28 AM #4
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If you are willing, I would greatly appreciate it if you would take this online survey which I have prepared as part of my class requirements. It is a short survey and should take no longer than 5 - 10 minutes to complete.
Here's the link.
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Old 21-11-2007, 12:35 AM #5
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If you are willing, I would greatly appreciate it if you would take this online survey which I have prepared as part of my class requirements. It is a short survey and should take no longer than 5 - 10 minutes to complete.
Here's the link.
i stopped doing your quiz after the fourth page of raid questions. you DO realize that there is more to WoW than raid groups right? did you even research this game first, or just assume that since people talk about raid groups, that there is nothing else to focus on?
i went through to the end, i did not submit my survey because there were only a few questions that were not about raiding. your view of what we do is very narrow minded and infuriating.
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Old 21-11-2007, 01:00 AM #6
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i stopped doing your quiz after the fourth page of raid questions. you DO realize that there is more to WoW than raid groups right? did you even research this game first, or just assume that since people talk about raid groups, that there is nothing else to focus on?
i went through to the end, i did not submit my survey because there were only a few questions that were not about raiding. your view of what we do is very narrow minded and infuriating.
DrScience, you are correct about the general focus of the survey. It is mostly about raiding. I am very aware that there is more to the game than raiding; however, the focus of my research involves raids. If you privately message me, I would be willing to share even more detailed information about the aims of our research.
The short answer to your question is this: In order to calculate the necessary statistics from all of your responses, I need people to participate in our survey who are both involved heavily in raiding as well as those who are not.
Thanks for your concern, and let me assure you that I am well aware that there is more to the game than simply raiding.