Please help!! SL survey, 5 mins

Hello!

Please give me a help to fill out this survey investigating about SL. I am a researcher from University of East Anglia, UK. In this survey, It will take approximately 5 minutes to complete each questionnaire. Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in aggregate form. Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. The survey URL is

http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=1336789

I also post the questionnaire below if you are not able to fill out this survey from the URL. Just quote or copy and paste the original post and erase the all the options but the one that best fits you or fill in the blank.

Are you? *

A Male
B Female

Your age: *

A 18-24 yrs.
B 25-34 yrs.
C 35-44 yrs.
D 45-54 yrs.
E 55-64 yrs.
F 65+ yrs.

What is your highest level of educational achievement? *


A High school (non-graduate) or below
B High school graduate or equivalent
C Bachelors degree or equivalent
D Masters degree or equivalent
E Doctoral degree or equivalent

When do you participate in Second Life (please tick all that apply)?

A During work-time or school-time
B In the evenings
C At the weekend
D During the vacation
E Other (please specify):_________

Where do you participate in Second Life (please tick all that apply)?

A At home (your permanent home)
B In my temporary accommodation (if a student living away from home)
C At work or school/college/university
D At an Internet cafe or bar
E Other (please specify):______

How long have you been participating in Second Life? *

A less than 1 month
B more than 1 and less than 3 months
C more than 3 and less than 6 months
D more than 6 and less than 12 months
E more than 1 year and less than 2 years
F more than 2 years


In an average week, how much time would you say you spend on Second Life? *


A less than 1 hour
B between 1 and 5 hours
C between 6 and 10 hours
D between 11 and 25 hours
E between 26 and 50 hours
F between 51 and 75 hours
G more than 75 hours


In an average month, how much money would you say you spend in or on Second Life? *

A Less than 1 US$
B 1 - 2 US$
C 3 - 5 US$
D 6 - 10 US$
E 11 - 20 US$
F 21 - 50 US$
G 51 - 100 US$
H 101 - 200 US$
I 201 - 500 US$
J Over 500 US$


Please answer the following statements on a scale from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree, and where 4 = neutral (neither agree nor disagree). The statements will ask you about your opinions and behaviour in Second Life.

1 Strongly disagree
2 Disagree
3 Somewhat disagree
3 Neutral or unsure.
5 Somewhat Agree
6 Agree
7 Strongly agree

Please fill your option in the blank

Statement:

Time appears to go by very quickly when I am participating in Second Life.____

Sometimes I lose track of time when I am participating in Second Life.___

Time flies when I am participating in Second Life.___

Most times when I get on to Second Life, I end up spending more time that I had planned.___

I often spend more time on Second Life than I had intended.___

While participating in Second Life I am able to block out most other out-of-world___ distractions.___

While participating in Second Life, I am absorbed in what I am doing.___

While on Second Life, I am immersed in the task I am performing.___

When on Second Life, I get distracted by other out-of-world attentions very easily___

While on Second Life, my attention does not get diverted out-of-world very easily.___

I have fun interacting with Second Life.___

Participating in Second Life provides me with a lot of enjoyment.___

I enjoy participating in Second Life.____

Participating in Second Life bores me.______

When participating in Second Life I feel in control. ______

I feel that I have no control over my interaction with Second Life. ______

Second Life allows me to control my computer interaction. ______

Participating in Second Life excites my curiosity.______

Interacting with Second Life makes me curious.______

Participating in Second Life arouses my imagination.______

Time spent on Second Life has created real problems in my life, but I keep participating in it.______

I keep participating in Second Life even though it is causing serious problem in my life.______

I keep participating in Second Life even though my loved ones can't stand it.______

Sometimes I feel like my whole life revolves around Second Life.______

My family members get angry and tell me I spend too much time on Second Life, but I can't stop.______

I sometimes feel like participating in Second Life is alienating my loved ones.______

Sometimes I only plan to participate in Second Life for a few minutes, and wind up spending hours in front of it.______

I often participate in Second Life for a longer time than I intended.______

I often think that I should cut down on the amount of time that I participate in Second Life.______

I feel like I spend more time in Second Life than I used to in order to feel the same.______

When I am unable to participate in Second Life, I miss it so much that you could call it "withdrawal".______

Second Life takes up almost all of my leisure time.______

I spend much more time participating in Second Life than just about anything else.______

I would be a lot more productive if I didn't spend so much time in Second Life.______

I would spend more time with hobbies if I didn't spend so much time in Second Life.______

I have never engaged in arguments with a significant other over being in Second Life._____

I have been told I spend too much time in Second Life._____

If it has been a while since I last logged into Second Life, I find it hard to stop thinking about what will be waiting for me when I do._____

My work and/or school performance has not deteriorated since I started participating in Second Life._____

I feel guilty about the amount of time I spend in Second Life._____

I have gone into Second Life to make myself feel better when I was down or anxious._____

I have attempted to spend less time in Second Life but have not been able to._____

I have routinely cut short on sleep to spend more time in Second Life._____

I have used Second Life to talk to others at times when I was feeling isolated._____

I have missed classes or work because of Second Life activities._____

I have been in trouble with my employer or school because of activities in Second Life. *_____

I have missed social engagements because of Second Life activities._____

I have tried to hide from others how much time I spend in Second Life._____

I intend to continue participating in Second Life rather than participating in an alternative virtual world._____

My intentions are to continue participating in Second Life rather than participating in an alternative virtual world._____

If I could, I would continue my participation in Second Life._____

Participation in Second Life has become automatic to me._____

Participation in Second Life is natural to me._____

Participation in Second Life is an obvious choice for me._____

I intend to spend additional virtual money in Second Life in the future._____

I would like to increase my spending of virtual money in Second Life._____

In the future, I will spend more virtual money in Second Life._____

Eeeep! FIVE minutes????

This is not going to end well . . .

Something tells me you will not get great response on this.

Pie!

Here's my answer to this survey!

"Similarly, some of the first educators and researchers in SL were a bit clumsy in their approach. There were early incidents in which Residents felt—rightly—that they were being spied upon or treated like guinea pigs rather than human beings. Imagine how you would feel if an entire class of students set up right next to your vacation hideaway, left trash lying around, logged your conversations, and posted them on the Internet with criticism and mean-spirited comments. This is exactly what happened to some early Residents. Things have improved greatly in the years since then, but sometimes SL Residents are still subject to that kind of inconsiderate behavior. For example, a constant stream of researchers (often students) posts on the Second Life official forums requesting that Residents please take their surveys. Most of these surveys include the same questions that have been asked over and over. Often they aren't spell-checked, or refer to SL as a game—a sure way to irritate a substantial number of Residents. Some Residents make a hobby of critiquing these surveys, pointing out how the questions and their wording make it clear that the researcher isn't familiar with Second Life. Some post outright that they are sick of badly planned surveys and suggest that the researchers log in and do their own research."

From The Second Life Grid: The Official Guide to Communication, Collaboration, and Community Engagement
by Kimberly Rufer-Bach
ISBN-13: 9780470412916

My rate for consultancy of this sort is 100,000$L an hour. Five minutes would therefore cost 8,500$L which should be paid up front.

Pep (If it takes longer than five minutes the rate doubles.)

For me, there's a PITA tax involved... which doubles for every minute over the stated that the survey takes. I'm a bit cheaper than Pep, otherwise. I charge only L$5000 for the first 5 minutes.

That survey looks like it takes a lot longer than 5 minutes.. At least the way I'd take it would.

Wow, this one ought to get a dishonorable mention for the number of ways to ask the same question.

2 Minutes, EASY!

I refuse to do surveys like this because they tend to make my Second Life far less productive.

It took longer than that to plug in random values.


I wonder if i can take it again ...

[ETA}
Cool! take as often as you like.
That time i was a 65 year old man who disagreed a lot.

How about an 18 yo with a doctorate degree this next time ....

[one more addition]
This should be real easy to macro on my game pad and have it repeat the same survey responses all night long.

There's one survey place that pays me 500L each time I fill out one of their surveys, and it actually does take 5-10 min (perhaps 10-20 questions). That's a fair trade for my time, this one is not.

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. (snort)

Grrrrrr! (snort snort)

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrafff! Raff! Rarrrah Raff! Raffraff!

Rafrafraff!

[Well - it works with the mailman. Every day he leaves right away when I start that. ]

i came in here expecting to see your leg up, actually...

All your questions seem geared around achieving the same answer, something along that lines of everyone spending "too much" time (detrimentally) in SL.

Good luck with the survey and good luck with your future academic achievements, if all your research is approached with such a bias.

That's Puppet's schtick.

shame on you! this is a PG forum!! such language...

/me fights urge to play forum cop again.

my response?

!quit

or DIE! DIE! DIE!

you choose

ugh

OMG!
OMG!
OMG!

ELIZABETH BARRETT IS IN THIS THREAD!!!!!!!!



/me runs to get her copy of "Sonnets from the Portuguese," and a pen ...

I can tell, but then i'm affraid i'm going to have to kill you for knowing classified information.

HAH!

There are times when it is healthier (and more fun) to go with your urges.

You read the questions? That takes all the fun out of it.