Wizards - online survey problems

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Yes, ceratin people will be excluded from the survey based on occupation. They don;t want to breaking the survey with your professional knowledge of surveys. This is standard screening for research of this type.

Strange about the regional screening though...

There were about 10 questions asking about playing frequency, number in group, purchasing habits, specifics on which books you have bought/use, and an open ended question ( I never miss an opportunity to tell WoTC to bring back PLANESCAPE ! ) .

Umm, you don't require an EXACT birthdate to address the age concern...

 

[Samothdm]

Yes, ceratin people will be excluded from the survey based on occupation. They don;t want to breaking the survey with your professional knowledge of surveys. This is standard screening for research of this type.

Yeah, I know. I was being a little facetious. It's so funny to hear "professional knowledge of surveys". When I had a job, I was in a function of advertising that had nothing to do with surveys, so I'm not sure what I could do to break a survey. As long as I answer the questions honestly, why would my opinion not be counted just because I work in advertising?

I wonder if I'll get kicked off the panel when (if) I get a fulltime advertising gig again? I guess I just won't tell 'em!

 

[jodyjohnson]

Well exact name was optional, so I didn't mind the age.

Email and age ... will that get me in trouble?

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

Hrm...that was a neat survey. I wouldn't mind those miniatures, though I don't really care about the books.

I don't remember it asking about my occupation, though perhaps I'm a bit addled right now. I did get the "what books do you have/use/etc.", and was strongly tempted to add in books I don't use so they'd, for example, see that as a vote to revise Epic-level rules...

Brad

 

[kenobi65]

For those of you who took the survey, I take it that the question, "Are you or one of your household members currently employed in Advertising, Market Research, etc" would eliminate you from the panel?

Absolutely. It's what's called, in market research, a "screening question." This one, in particular, is called a "sensitive industry screen." In theory, people involved in those professions (or who are very close to someone who is) might either (a) know too much about marketing / research / etc. to be an effective "normal person", for purposes of taking the survey, and / or (b) be working for a competitor, in which case, by taking the survey, they might be able to find out interesting tidbits to share with said competitor.

Of course, this question relies on the respondent answering truthfully. If someone's bound and determined to take the survey, there's nothing preventing them from lying. Nonetheless, putting the "sensitive industry screen" question into your survey is something that they pound into the heads of young market researchers very early on.

Hope you all took notes, because this will be on the final.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

Hope you all took notes, because this will be on the final.

Crap! Pop quiz! I'm never ready for those.

 

[diaglo]

thanks Merric... i filled it out.

in the Comments section:

Original D&D(1974) is the only true game. All the other editions are just poor imitations of the real thing.

 

[Aeolius]

thanks Merric... i filled it out. in the Comments section:
Original D&D(1974) is the only true game. All the other editions are just poor imitations of the real thing.

that's funny, I wrote: "At least half of the content of "Maelstrom" should be devoted to underwater adventuring."

 

[smetzger]

Merric, how exactly could they use your birthdate for evil?

If you know someone's B-Day and where they live it makes it a whole lot easier to find things such as Soc Number etc.

 

[Doug McCrae]

I had to lie and say I lived in the US to be allowed to answer the lion's share of the questions.

Don't they want to know about non-Americans? Jeez, I buy plenty of their products.