The Gamer's Quarter

silentmatt · Last edited by silentmatt on Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:07 am; edited 1 time in total

Hey TGQ!

As some of you may know, I am currently working on my thesis - the final project to complete my Honours in Psychology program at university. In this endeavor, I have to test pretty much as many people as possible before analyzing and presenting the results at the end of the semester.

I would like to take this opportunity to request for you to help me in this undertaking. You can do so in two ways: If you could find the time to fill-out the attached survey and send it back to me - I would be really appreciative. Also, if you could forward the (unanswered) survey to any of your friends and family who wouldn't mind participating in my research, it would be absolutely amazing. Plus, it actually has to do with videogames so it kind of relates to TGQ in that sense!

The survey takes, on average, approximately 30 minutes to complete and the main thing to remember is that it does not matter how well you do. Some of the questions are really hard - if you don't know an answer, make the most educated guess that you can and move on. Please, do not cheat. All the results are completely confidential (they will be printed and graded separately from the consent form, which is the only place that will state your name) so do not feel like your name will be attached to your test or anything like that.

If you can make the time and wish to help, please follow these instructions:

-Download the "Dissertation Survey.pdf" (link: http://rapidshare.com/files/91511999/Dissertation_Survey.pdf.html) to your desktop.
-Open it with Adobe Acrobat/Reader. If you do not have Acrobat installed, it can be downloaded for free from http://www.adobe.com/go/gntray_dl_get_reader.
-You will get a message from Acrobat stating that you cannot save the information typed directly into the form and, as soon as you start typing, another message should appear telling you about an e-mail submit button. If you have Acrobat Professional, this might not appear. Don't worry about this for now.
-You should now be able to scroll or tab through the survey and type directly into the required fields.
-When you are finished, click the (rather large) SUBMIT button at the bottom of the page.
-If you use an Email application, such as Outlook or Mail, it should open automatically if properly configured, with the data file already attached.
-If not, choose the second option that appears ("Internet Email") and click "OK". On the next screen, click the "Save Data File" button and save it to your desktop. (If you are using Acrobat Professional, you can skip this step and just go File - Save As instead)
-Send me an e-mail (matthewsigal@gmail.com) with the saved data file (the one you just saved to your desktop) attached.
-Once I have received your e-mail, I will respond with the debriefing form which details what I am investigating and why it is of interest.

If you run into any problems during the above process or have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me, either through e-mail, PM or this thread.

Once again, thank you for any help you might be able to give me in this undertaking - it really means a lot to me!

Matt.
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dhex · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:16 am Post subject:

your link doesn't work.

not to be a dick or anything, but wouldn't surveymonkey or a related service been perhaps a bit easier for people to use? my whole life revolves around pdfs - pray for me - so i get what's going on, but i can see a lot of other people just going "bah fuck this" when confronted with so many steps.
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silentmatt · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:07 am Post subject:

Ahhhh, you are right. Stupid MediaFire. Changed to Rapidshare (which seems to work).

And you are probably also right about an online version... but this is the first time I've ever had to do anything like this so I don't really know how to go about doing it. If you look at the survey itself, you might get an idea of why it would be hard to translate? (If it isn't, please let me know - because yeah, a bunch of people have been like "screw this" when they saw the instructions).
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"Jadis, si je me souviens bien, ma vie était un festin où s'ouvraient tous les coeurs, où tous les vins coulaient."

dhex · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:38 am Post subject:

yeah i definitely see the issue - but why the tracking codes?

edit: there are also some pdf issues - the box checking segment has some of them irregularly bolded, while some are straight. it may be a pdf issue (i'm using acrobat 8.0 here)
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dhex · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:56 am Post subject:

the initial/date combination.
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silentmatt · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:08 am Post subject:

Intentionally Wrong · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject:

If more than one choice applies, are multiple answers permissable?

silentmatt · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject:

Although the PDF will allow for multiple answers, I cannot actually include them in the analysis. So, nope. Try to pick what you think is the most appropriate response?
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PSN: Twitch_City ||| Wii: 8083 5371 5767 6700
"Jadis, si je me souviens bien, ma vie était un festin où s'ouvraient tous les coeurs, où tous les vins coulaient."