Yeah, 20 or more is good enough for this study to differentiate early gamers from newbies. Experiment 2 might look at those who started before 1985 and those after 2015...
I think it's actually changed since about a year ago... :ROFLMAO: . I suppose the clearest way would be to think of GCSEs as 14-16 years old, A-Levels and ASS-Levels as16-18, then the rest more or less like north America (I think)...
Aye, it's based on UK education, which doesn't resemble French education, which doesn't resemble US education, which doesn't resemble South Korean education... :LOL:. It's a global survey. So I just stayed with my home system. Thanks for your help! And the year's experience thing we treat as 20...
The survey is going out on multiple platforms so we have to make the fact that the survey itself is in (a lot of) English clear, so as not to waste participants' time. However, there's no distinction here between native- and non-native speakers - all welcome.
Should add that I could chat all day about why this or anything else is in the study but dare not do so for prejudicing results, hence not expanding right now. When it's all done I'll share the outcomes and rationales here. Hope that's okay.
Intentional, yes, though it's only one part of the study. There's a line in the information sheet before consent: "We will also collect data on how you relate to other people (perspective taking), and on traits related to autism."
Very true (y). What works for me here is I can learn about patterns in different types of experienced RPG-ers, so this is still very useful even if the length of experience factor itself is hard to interpret (given the massive experience here). So still very grateful for every response :), and...