Research

TaraBaska · February 26, 2014

Hello!

I am psychology student and I would like to ask you to participate in my research. It discusses Second life and self-care. Here is a short anonymous questionnaire about you, your avatar and self-care that you can fill in. Obtained data will be analysed and results will be used in my diploma thesis. It should take no more than 10-15 minutes and your participation will help me a lot.

Thank you :)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IsaBO0J1UP_VdT_yh9D8zDX4_IU8kHcSXO0EZSV9hIw/viewform

Drake1 Nightfire · February 26, 2014

TaraBaska wrote:

Hello!

I am psychology student and I would like to ask you to participate in my research. It discusses Second life and self-care. Here is a short anonymous questionnaire about you, your avatar and self-care that you can fill in. Obtained data will be

analysed

and results will be used in my diploma thesis. It should take no more than 10-15 minutes and your participation will help me a lot.

Thank you

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IsaBO0J1UP_VdT_yh9D8zDX4_IU8kHcSXO0EZSV9hIw/viewform

What is the reimbursement?

You spelled analyzed wrong..

ETA I started your survey but when I got to the part about my avatars health I had to stop, mainly because i couldn't stop laughing... Does my avatar avoid illness? LMAO!!! Have you spent ANY time in SL?

Dillon Levenque · February 26, 2014

Drake1 Nightfire wrote:

You spelled analyzed wrong..

Maybe not. From 'The Grammarist': "Analyze is preferred in American and Canadian English. Analyse is the preferred spelling outside North America."

There are rumors of English-speaking countries outside North America. I'm sure they don't amount to much but maybe the OP is from one a them ;-).

Perrie Juran · February 26, 2014

TaraBaska wrote:

Hello!

I am psychology student and I would like to ask you to participate in my research. It discusses Second life and self-care. Here is a short anonymous questionnaire about you, your avatar and self-care that you can fill in. Obtained data will be analysed and results will be used in my diploma thesis. It should take no more than 10-15 minutes and your participation will help me a lot.

Thank you

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IsaBO0J1UP_VdT_yh9D8zDX4_IU8kHcSXO0EZSV9hIw/viewform

I looked at your Survey and really there is no way to answer your questions about "Your Avatars"

Avatars are pixel creations and they don't really have health and safety concerns.

A person could role play eating, but really, "Avatars do not eat healthy, exercise, etc, etc."

Madelaine McMasters · February 26, 2014

Perrie Juran wrote:

TaraBaska wrote:

Hello!

I am psychology student and I would like to ask you to participate in my research. It discusses Second life and self-care. Here is a short anonymous questionnaire about you, your avatar and self-care that you can fill in. Obtained data will be analysed and results will be used in my diploma thesis. It should take no more than 10-15 minutes and your participation will help me a lot.

Thank you

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IsaBO0J1UP_VdT_yh9D8zDX4_IU8kHcSXO0EZSV9hIw/viewform

I looked at your Survey and really there is no way to answer your questions about "Your Avatars"

Avatars are pixel creations and they don't really have health and safety concerns.

A person could role play eating, but really, "Avatars do not eat healthy, exercise, etc, etc."

I sent you some chicken juice.

Drake1 Nightfire · February 26, 2014

Madelaine McMasters wrote:

Perrie Juran wrote:

TaraBaska wrote:

Hello!

I am psychology student and I would like to ask you to participate in my research. It discusses Second life and self-care. Here is a short anonymous questionnaire about you, your avatar and self-care that you can fill in. Obtained data will be analysed and results will be used in my diploma thesis. It should take no more than 10-15 minutes and your participation will help me a lot.

Thank you

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IsaBO0J1UP_VdT_yh9D8zDX4_IU8kHcSXO0EZSV9hIw/viewform

I looked at your Survey and really there is no way to answer your questions about "Your Avatars"

Avatars are pixel creations and they don't really have health and safety concerns.

A person could role play eating, but really, "Avatars do not eat healthy, exercise, etc, etc."

I sent you some chicken juice.

you juiced a chicken? ewwwwww

Perrie Juran · February 26, 2014

Drake1 Nightfire wrote:

Madelaine McMasters wrote:

Perrie Juran wrote:

TaraBaska wrote:

Hello!

I am psychology student and I would like to ask you to participate in my research. It discusses Second life and self-care. Here is a short anonymous questionnaire about you, your avatar and self-care that you can fill in. Obtained data will be analysed and results will be used in my diploma thesis. It should take no more than 10-15 minutes and your participation will help me a lot.

Thank you

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IsaBO0J1UP_VdT_yh9D8zDX4_IU8kHcSXO0EZSV9hIw/viewform

I looked at your Survey and really there is no way to answer your questions about "Your Avatars"

Avatars are pixel creations and they don't really have health and safety concerns.

A person could role play eating, but really, "Avatars do not eat healthy, exercise, etc, etc."

I sent you some chicken juice.

you juiced a chicken? ewwwwww

BIG EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

That is not the way to a Martian's Heart.

Marigold Devin · February 26, 2014

I also spell it "analyse" here in the UK (although I spell potential "potential" and not "potencial" as seems to be the case in your survey).

******

Petty spelling errors aside, one day you may make something of yourself in this big old wide real world, as a psychologist or something else, and will be able to stick two fingers up at anyone who may have seemed to be flippant towards you while you were on your way up the food chain.

However, I think it is important to let you know that I also perused your survey questions, and really do not believe you will obtain anything of any value towards your psychology course with such questions.

When you are wishing to know about the people in a particular society, the best way is to actually immerse yourself within that society. I think it is possible that you have seen recent newspaper headlines about a particular set of parents who have been charged with neglecting their young child because they were spending too much time immersed in Second Life. People like that are undoubtedly in the minority.

Looking through your questionnaire, and I am urged to add that a lot of us don't have just one avatar. Its not that we have multiple personality disorder (or maybe we do as I'm speaking on behalf of at least six people) its just if we had dolls as kids (or even if we didn't) sometimes its nice to pick a new toy out of the box once in a while.

Another question you could have asked, along with the "how many hours do you use Second Life in a week", was "do you use Second Life more or less now than you did one, two, three years ago".

Going onto page two, and I really gave up here - make of that what you will. You seem to have repeated question 27 as question 29, and there are a lot of careless little errors. I don't actually understand question 23 "I move forward in the way I am" .

For these reasons, I would doubt very much that you would get many people actually wanting to go further than page one of your questionnaire.

Perrie Juran · February 26, 2014

After asking most of these questions about "yourself' it then switches to "your Avatar."

Whatever this survey is about I doubt it is for a college paper.

Madelaine McMasters · February 27, 2014

Perrie Juran wrote:

Drake1 Nightfire wrote:

Madelaine McMasters wrote:

Perrie Juran wrote:

TaraBaska wrote:

Hello!

I am psychology student and I would like to ask you to participate in my research. It discusses Second life and self-care. Here is a short anonymous questionnaire about you, your avatar and self-care that you can fill in. Obtained data will be analysed and results will be used in my diploma thesis. It should take no more than 10-15 minutes and your participation will help me a lot.

Thank you

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IsaBO0J1UP_VdT_yh9D8zDX4_IU8kHcSXO0EZSV9hIw/viewform

I looked at your Survey and really there is no way to answer your questions about "Your Avatars"

Avatars are pixel creations and they don't really have health and safety concerns.

A person could role play eating, but really, "Avatars do not eat healthy, exercise, etc, etc."

I sent you some chicken juice.

you juiced a chicken? ewwwwww

BIG EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

That is not the way to a Martian's Heart.

Would you rather I get at it with my bare hands?

Perrie Juran · February 27, 2014

Madelaine McMasters wrote:

Perrie Juran wrote:

Drake1 Nightfire wrote:

Madelaine McMasters wrote:

Perrie Juran wrote:

TaraBaska wrote:

Hello!

I am psychology student and I would like to ask you to participate in my research. It discusses Second life and self-care. Here is a short anonymous questionnaire about you, your avatar and self-care that you can fill in. Obtained data will be analysed and results will be used in my diploma thesis. It should take no more than 10-15 minutes and your participation will help me a lot.

Thank you

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IsaBO0J1UP_VdT_yh9D8zDX4_IU8kHcSXO0EZSV9hIw/viewform

I looked at your Survey and really there is no way to answer your questions about "Your Avatars"

Avatars are pixel creations and they don't really have health and safety concerns.

A person could role play eating, but really, "Avatars do not eat healthy, exercise, etc, etc."

I sent you some chicken juice.

you juiced a chicken? ewwwwww

BIG EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

That is not the way to a Martian's Heart.

Would you rather I get at it with my bare hands?

I wouldn't want you to break a nail.

Madelaine McMasters · February 27, 2014

Perrie Juran wrote:

Madelaine McMasters wrote:

Perrie Juran wrote:

Drake1 Nightfire wrote:

Madelaine McMasters wrote:

Perrie Juran wrote:

TaraBaska wrote:

Hello!

I am psychology student and I would like to ask you to participate in my research. It discusses Second life and self-care. Here is a short anonymous questionnaire about you, your avatar and self-care that you can fill in. Obtained data will be analysed and results will be used in my diploma thesis. It should take no more than 10-15 minutes and your participation will help me a lot.

Thank you

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IsaBO0J1UP_VdT_yh9D8zDX4_IU8kHcSXO0EZSV9hIw/viewform

I looked at your Survey and really there is no way to answer your questions about "Your Avatars"

Avatars are pixel creations and they don't really have health and safety concerns.

A person could role play eating, but really, "Avatars do not eat healthy, exercise, etc, etc."

I sent you some chicken juice.

you juiced a chicken? ewwwwww

BIG EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

That is not the way to a Martian's Heart.

Would you rather I get at it with my bare hands?

I wouldn't want you to break a nail.

Chicken!

TaraBaska · February 27, 2014

Thank you for your reply and insights.

I know my english isn`t perfect, I am not a native english speaker (I am from Slovakia). I will try to correct all my mistakes.

I used SL very short time, my computer is not very efficient. I consulted my questionnaire with a few users of SL.

I know that some people have more avatars and that`s the reason why I requested you to pick the one you use the most.

Question 27 is about food and question 29 is more general, it includes also exercise, smoking etc.
Question 23 concerns you want to be better and better person.

I have no budget, no team of people and this research is one of my school tasks. I understand people can consider it as a low quality research. My possibilities are limited.

If you think some questions don`t fit to your avatar, reply "never", I know that avatars are virtual

I just want to know about self-care in SL, I don`t want to prove something special.

Drake1 Nightfire · February 27, 2014

TaraBaska wrote:

Thank you for your reply and insights.

I know my english isn`t perfect, I am not a native english speaker (I am from Slovakia). I will try to correct all my mistakes.

I used SL very short time, my computer is not very efficient. I consulted my questionnaire with a few users of SL.

I know that some people have more avatars and that`s the reason why I requested you to pick the one you use the most.

Question 27 is about food and question 29 is more general, it includes also exercise, smoking etc.

Question 23 concerns you want to be better and better person.

I have no budget, no team of people and this research is one of my school tasks. I understand people can consider it as a low quality research. My possibilities are limited.

If you think some questions don`t fit to your avatar, reply "never", I know that avatars are virtual

I just want to know about self-care in SL, I don`t want to prove something special.

Thats what were are trying to get across to you.. There is no self care in SL. It's not like the sim that have to eat, shower and work. My av can sit on the couch watching Youtube al day and not have to move.

Marigold Devin · February 27, 2014