 Poster: A snowHead
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Sorry, didn't get very far with that. It was a bit too black and white and I'm sometimes a bit grey!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Nowely wrote: |
| snowball, I understand that some questions are hard to answer, but the questionnaire is made for the whole population so obviously with only 2 fore choice answers there is no way an answer will fit everyone, that why you just need to answer to which you feel fits you best. Im sorry but you are forced to answer all questions as each answer has a value to your overall sensation seeking score. |
I already stated that I quite understand that it is necessary to give the answer that is slightly nearer to one's own attitude, rather than expecting an exact fit. However, as I said, some pairs do not have an answer which is meaningful in relation to me, so I can answer your questionnaire in ways which would give me very different scores but would be equally "true".
Consequently I either take it as a bit of a giggle but nothing to do with truth, or I don't do the questionnaire.
I'm a bit short of time today.
Damn, that sounds a bit pompous - Oh well.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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snowball, Im sorry that you really feel you cant answer the questionnaire with any truth at all, so as much as i need the numbers lol I would rather have more valid results that just for a giggle.
Thank you anyway for your time.
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Nowely, I recall a similar survey a while ago, much discussed on here. the kind of "risks" being examined seem to fall into two distinct categories. One is physical (do you want to ski fast, be a mountain climber) the other social (going on a trip not pre-planned, meeting people different from yourself etc). As I get older I get more physically risk averse (in that injuries come easier and go harder) but socially less risk averse. I have a huge amount of experience of travel now, much of it alone (for work) so all that phases me much less than it would have when I was 20.
How will your analysis allow for age (and gender)?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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anarchicsaltire, ah I see now  oh dear oh dear!
36/40 for sensation seeking, 9/10 boredom susceptibility, 8/10 disinhibition, 9/10 experience seeking, 10/10 adventure seeking.
is there a clinic for me to check into? Prefereably one that I have to parachute and manhaul a 100kg sled over hunderds of miles of antarctic wilderness to get too?
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pam w, Well the survey can be broken down into 4 subscales experience seeking, disinhibition, thrill and adventure seeking and boredom susceptibility. So not only will the final sensation seeking score be analysed but so will each subsection to see differences between the ages and genders. So where you may not score highly in one section you may in another and this can be compared to other people in your age category or compared against other age categories. That is why i added the age and gender questions to the survey as it adds much more depth to the analytical possibilities.
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Ho hum another crappy badly thought out student survey with only the slightest tangential link to skiing or snowboarding...
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Has anyone ever come back here with the results of their survey? Can't remember it 
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fatbob, The link to skiing and snowboarding is that thats who im doing the study on?? the questionnaire was not made for skiers or snowboarders like i have said numerous times the questionnaire is made to measure sensation seeking. so thats what im doing im measuring sensation seeking scores of snowboarders and skiers.
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cathy, I couldn’t get the survey to work out the results for you, believe me that would of helped me a lot now i have to work out everyone’s myself as well lol but if you follow this link it has the scoring system on it if you want to work out your own score?
http://wsm.wsu.edu/s/we.php?id=200
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Nowely, Yet you fail at the second question by assuming skiers and boarders are mutually exclusive populations.
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fatbob, Im not assuming anything its an investigation to see whether there is a difference thats all.
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You know it makes sense.
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Nowely, i think what fatbob is trying to say is that you don't cater for people who do both sports, with or without having a preference for either sport.
therefore anyone who did both sports and wanted to answer the questions truthfully would have to answer the questionnaire twice cos the questions don't allow for both answers to be chosen if appropriate regarding the "which sport do you participate in?" question.
and that probably applies to both answers on a lot of the questions, which is why you're getting a hard time. i.o.w., real life isn't as black and white as your choice of answers is implying.
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brian
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Not particulary sure there is much value in a self selecting survey. Your thesis might just as well ask the question, "is anybody high on the sensation seeking scale likely to be arsed to fill this in?"
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Poster: A snowHead
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I was so riled by the question I just gave totally random answers thereafter so if you're trying to identify the swinging 80+ bisexual female snowboarder 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Survey shows 100% of people fill in survey.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Everyone is quick to say that the questionnaire wont measure what i want it too. even though that is what it was made and designed to do.
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"is anybody high on the sensation seeking scale likely to be arsed to fill this in?
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 no, just a load of sad old middle aged (or worse) argumentative gits off the internet.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| pam w wrote: |
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"is anybody high on the sensation seeking scale likely to be arsed to fill this in?
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no, just a load of sad old middle aged (or worse) argumentative gits off the internet. |
Very 'argumentative'
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So if I've got the gist of this thread you thought up a clumsy hypothesis based on some idea that skiing and/or snowboarding must be exxxtreeeme sports then nicked some questions from somewhere else and then pimped your questionnaire on tinterweb where a bunch of saddos such as myself have tried and failed to complete it properly. Good luck with any meaningful results.
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| cathy wrote: |
| Has anyone ever come back here with the results of their survey? Can't remember it |
| Nowely wrote: |
| cathy, I couldn’t get the survey to work out the results for you, believe me that would of helped me a lot now i have to work out everyone’s myself as well lol but if you follow this link it has the scoring system on it if you want to work out your own score? |
Perhaps you misunderstood me. I meant has anyone who has asked us to fill out a survey ever come back and posted the results from their study. Despite saying they would, I can't remember anyone doing so.
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cathy, maybe it's cos their results were flawed (as some  may have pointed out at the time of the survey) and there was no point in coming back to say "yes, you were right, my results were flawed"...
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An appalling constructed piece of ordure, the result couldn't reflect me or anyone of you I know. I participate in and have done many of the option but a number of the questions are offensive and all don't allow for any level of ambiguity. The result couldn't be representative of anyone or anything. This is from someone working in an industry that has a morbidity rate second only to infantryman. 
Hi Tony, I'll write tonight.
The World is not black or white and far too easily skewed by rubbish like this. I can hear Jung's screams from here
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thanks to everyone that has filled in my survey today cheeeers 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Morning people, lovely day for a survey
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Can we lock this so he stops spamming? Or just ban him.. That would work too...
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You know it makes sense.
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Timmaah, I agree, damn spammers......can anyone recommend a Ski DVD store with free shipping to the UK?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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The Voice of Reason, have you tried freeze pro shop? 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Im not spamming anything i just want people to see my thread so that they can do my survey thats all.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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...and i've got a special email folder full of people who want me to read their messages and join their casino/change my bank details/sample their pills which will enhance my member to the point i can use it as an ave-chord...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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sherlock235, or maybe its because you were rude and thought you knew everything so they didnt want to come back!
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Nowely, you're coming across as someone who isn't really listening to good advice being given to you by many people. you may want to stop being so defensive and read through these responses again in a couple of weeks when your perspective has changed (cos you're not concentrating on this survey and all that's surrounding it.)
again, just a suggestion, and some friendly advice .
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Nowely wrote: |
snowball, Im sorry that you really feel you cant answer the questionnaire with any truth at all, so as much as i need the numbers lol I would rather have more valid results that just for a giggle.
Thank you anyway for your time. |
If you really want meaningful answers rather than meaningless research which you can put into to satisfy a tick-in-the-box for a ho-hum degree, I would heed snowball's comment - not only does what he say align with my attempt to answer the questionnaire, he is also one of the most experienced skiers on this forum, who skis to a very high standard indeed. If he had to give up, it is unlikely that any of the results of your survey will be valid.
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The survey isn't related to the skill level of the participant though it is for every skiers and snowboarders and is there to measure their personality trait of sensation seeking.
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It only measures if you haven't succeeded in peeing them off so badly upfront that they just make up answers or abandon the questionnaire - are you tracking levels of non-completion - might be statistically significant too.
As above - survey tells us that 100% of people who complete a survey have completed the survey. Anything else is potentially invalid because of your poor methodology but as long as you've ticked the box that's ok isn't it?
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As above - survey tells us that 100% of people who complete a survey have completed the survey.
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Can I use this citation to improve my h-index?
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fatbob, You don’t know my methodology so how can you say that its poor. My methodology is quantitative research using a positive paradigm measuring a personality trait in a numerical form using a questionnaire designed for that purpose. But cool.
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| Nowely wrote: |
| fatbob, You don’t know my methodology so how can you say that its poor. My methodology is quantitative research using a positive paradigm measuring a personality trait in a numerical form using a questionnaire designed for that purpose. But cool. |
Ah . . . the fulfilment of low expectations . . . I should have guessed
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