View Full Version : Help me out - answer these questions!
twonha
06-17-2008, 10:13 PM
Hey guys, I need some help for my bachelor's thesis. I'm researching the effects of reviews and word-of-mouth on videogames' commercial success. I need you guys to answer 11 short questions for me, it'd really help me out! (Obviously, any and all data is treated confidentially etc etc, I don't need any personal information. Feel free to elaborate on your answers though.)
Just follow this link:
Any additional comments / questions, feel free to post them!
Admin/mods: hope you don't mind...!
Done and done. That site really needs to put the options over the buttons to cut down on incorrect selections, though....
Salamando3000
06-18-2008, 12:49 AM
Took the survey, but dang. Dunno if it's the site's fault our your's, but that survey was hard to complete. How I would've changed it...
1) Put the first four questions in a similar format to question 5 IE radiobuttons right next to the answer. The 7 radiobuttons in a row only really works in agree/neutral/disagree type questions, like the last couple. Speaking of which...
2) Did you really need 7 options there? Usually five is sufficient there (though an even number is acceptable if you want to remove the neutral option). Is there really that much of a difference between "rarely" and "almost never", or "often" and "almost always". The more options you have for answers in questions like this, people will interpret each answer differently.
Again, I don't know how many of these are the website's or your fault. Just my 2 cents.
dmaul1114
06-18-2008, 12:54 AM
Took the survey.
Agree with the others, the design is terrible. I do social science research, and those are just terrible survey questions/answers. Error from the options not being above the buttons, too many options etc.
happy
06-18-2008, 01:34 AM
Everything they said.
Also your questions are a little too vague ie. The if others speak highly/negatively. Are the others supposed to be reviewers, friends, people on forums, or all of the above. And in the context of it affecting how you discuss a game is there an implication that you have played the game?
Good surveys ask very specific questions so you can present a clear argument based on the data. These seem to imply that you're just fishing for something to write about.
guinaevere
06-18-2008, 09:37 AM
I've removed the link from the survey. I scanned the source and it looks safe enough, but I'm not at all happy about this kind of bot harvesting database info on & from anyone here. If someone wants input, he can make a thread on the site with the questions he wishes to have answered.
Closing thread.