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SL online-survey of the University of Zurich: Sign in an win up to 60'000 L$

Macy Myhre
Registered User
Join date: 11 Jun 2007
Posts: 4
06-18-2007 00:15
Participants wanted!

The department of strategy and business economics of the University of Zurich (http://www.isu.unizh.ch/cms/marketing/marketresearch.html) is conducting an online-survey to explore the decision making behaviour of user in virtual worlds. The data is used for a master thesis.

The online-survey takes place in the context of the virtual world Second Life, special Second Life skills are not required!

Therefore, if you...
- own a Second Life avatar and
- have about 15 minutes of time to spare,

...then sign in and win up to 60'000 Linden Dollars (about US$ 225.-)


Join in the online-survey:
http://questions.netq.ch/nq.cfm?q=6bd444b5-3048-7492-a317-260eae8757fc&l=002
Metastasis Masala
Registered User
Join date: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2
No documentation & asks for email address? No thanks...
06-18-2007 09:53
I clicked my way through the link, and found the proposed situation/questions very interesting.

However...
The main host to this link is a generic questionnaire site, and I found absolutely nothing that tied the survey to any university.

So, when at he last page I was asked to leave my SL username and email address, I respectfully declined.

Maybe it's because I'm a Newb and have unjust suspicions, but there's simply too many dodgy operators "out there" for me to give information, especially when it includes my email address, to a totally undocumented website. Anyone could've put this up, there's no link to a university or official institution in any of the images.
And I find it hard to believe that a serious researcher/student would be so unprofessional as to not offer any background information, links etc to the institute in question, and still go ahead and ask for personal information.

Apologies if I'm totally out of line here, but I hope others will be cautious as well if there's no further documentation offered proving that this operation is kosher.

Also note, the person who posted this "free money" offer has no forum posts other than posts regarding this survey.
Macy Myhre
Registered User
Join date: 11 Jun 2007
Posts: 4
06-19-2007 14:06
Thank you for your feedback. You are not the only one who reacts like this. I've had similar feedbacks from the german SL Forum. But you don't need to have any concerns!

I rund the survey for my master thesis at the departement of strategy and business economics of the University of Zurich. Here is the link.

http://www.isu.unizh.ch/cms/marketing/marketresearch.html

I need your avatar's name to identify you in SL and transfer you the money in the case you are drawn. I ask for the email adress in order to have a second possibility to contact you in the case that the first way would not work.

It is the first time that I run such a survey (and the last time so I hope :-)), therefore I realy appreciate your input. I'll try to add a Link to the department somewhere in the survey.

I would be glad, if you would participate in my survey.

Greetings