Survey & Research Thread

[Elly]

We regularly get requests to recruit members to participate in research for university courses or general surveys and rather than have rule forbidding them we feel a happy compromise would be to create a thread in which to post your requests. This way they don't overrun the forums but members interested in taking part know where to find the latest opportunities to get involved.

This thread is for surveys and research relevant to MMOs/RPGs or gaming in general. Do not post if you are wishing to sell something to participants. I check all surveys for any funny business :english:

Thanks
Elly
Admin, WorldofWar.Net

EDIT - I will recreate this thread when it gets too long so it never goes past one page of posts, so your post will always be on the first page.

[webluke]

Well I have created a World of Warcraft Survey, its a bunch of questions I came up with a wile back to try to get to know how other WoW players are. If you want to take it go to this link: WoW Survey (http://wow.webluke.net/survey/index.php?sid=1) The data that comes from it well be posted at some point to see what is. All parts of this is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.

If you would please take the survey it would help out. :thumbsup:

(the link: http://wow.webluke.net/survey/index.php?sid=1 )

PS: Thx Elly for making a solution to Surveys :)

[Jscohen]

Hello.

My name is Jordan Cohen and I am an undergraduate student in my final year at York University, Toronto, Canada. I am conducting a thesis study in order to complete my undergraduate degree in psychology. As an avid MMORPG player, I decided to conduct my study on MMORPG players and their personality.

Please lend a gamer a hand and take 5-10 minutes to complete my survey. It is composed of 12 MMORPG related questions and 60 (very quick multiple chioce) personality questions. All responses will be help in strict confidence according to the rules of my school.

All respondents have the option of providing an email address. If you provide valid contact information, I will send you a copy of the paper upon completion.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=178463293191

I can be reached by email at jscohen81 @ gmail . com

Thank you.

[martinrsch]

Hello everyone,

I've been a player on MMO's for ages now in a number of games so I figured I might pose a question to my fellow MMORPG gamers on worldofwar.net:

Basically I'm doing research for my university dissertation on group influence regarding the decision to engage in Real Money Trade for games like Warcraft, SW: Galaxies, Second Life etc and I therefore need some people to answer a word document based interview so I can construct an analysis of the general opinions of how group influence impacts the decision - if that makes sense

There are only 7 questions and the whole thing shouldn't take more than 20 minutes I would think, it's all completely confidential and anonymous no details would ever be passed onto anyone else (which is why I ask participants not to put their names on the document) - i wouldn't cheat my fellow gamers like that! Responders will never be revealed on this forum too to ensure complete anonymity.

If you'd like to take part please ping me and I will send you the word doc. I'd really really really appreciate it, it'd help me out so much.

Ideally you will have had experience in the Real Money Trade else the questions probably wont make any sense to you, however if you know people who could be interested please let me know as well.

As an incentive, i'll paypal any participant £1 for their time to fill it out. Not much I know, but I'm a student and I can't afford to pay loads.

I don't want to offend or anger anyone posting about such a touchy subject - the whole interview is designed to be completely impartial so players who are positive about the idea of RMT and those who are negative about it are invited to participate, although those who are negative about it I must admit may have to answer questions hypothetically.

Thanks for your time! I really appreciate it.

Please email me if you are interested: mart _ blade @ hotmail . com

[studentresearch]

Hello, I am a student researching MMORPGs and have created a very simple survey. If anyone has a minute or so, I would appreciate responses. Please Click Here (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=458373200550) to access the very short, and anonymous, survey.

Thanks

[appley]

Hi,
I'm a student from the University of Liverpool, doing my dissertation on MMOs and the Internet. We're basically looking at the effects of playing MMOs on people's lives. If you've got a few minutes to spare, could you please fill in my questionnaire.... I'd really appreciate it!!!!!

Just follow this link:

http://www.liv.ac.uk/Psychology/staff/jcruickshank.html

and click on the MMO bit at the bottom, or email me at ps0u416f@liv.ac.uk and I'll send you one.

Thank you!!!

[Sandere]

I study journalism at Umeå University and right now we’re working with radio broadcasting. Among other things we have an assignment to do a short radio segment, and since I play WoW and am kinda obsessed with playing WoW, I though I’d do my segment about, you guessed it, WoW.

Now I’m looking for players in Umeå who would be willing to talk to me about their gaming and WoW in general. It doesn’t matter if you’re a veteran or if you just started playing, I’m interested in what everyone has to say. Please note, however, that the segment has to be finished on Wednesday next week (March 7th) so if anyone’s interested I want you to contact me as soon as possible.

If anyone has any questions feel free to ask them here, or mail me, whichever you prefer.

[The Phoenix LoL]

*reposted here* - My apologies on overlooking this thread initially.

Hello everyone,

Below is a link to a survey I am currently using to collect information on online gaming behavior to be used in my Honors Thesis. The survey is fairly brief (3 pages), does not collect any personal data and is composed of general questions intended to help gather general demographic/perspective data to be used in my research. The more complete you fill out the survey (especially the short answer section) the better.

About me and the project: I am currently a Senior at Arizona State University. The thesis is part of my capstone project for the Barrett Honors College and will be investigating online communication behavior. If you are interested in learning more, please feel free to follow up with me in a private message.

Take the Survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=365203464910)

Thank you for your time and energy!

[Fysion]

Sorry about placing the last post in the wrong spot--I honestly had no idea that there was a thread dedicated to surveys and research. Thank you for the help!

Here's a repeat of the original survey:

Alright, so I'm working on a research project for an online course I am taking; and part of the project is having people who play WoW fill out a little survey. The problem is, almost nobody wants to help me out. Are spammers/scammers really that bad in this game?

I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this thread, but can anyone help me out? How can I validate who I really am? And, is there anyone willing to help me with this survey? Thanks!


An Inquisitive WoW Player
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB226AUMGAABY

P.S. In response to someone who made a reply to the previous post dealing with this survey, questions 17 and 18 are economic purposes and evaluating the "financial goals" of players. And the responses to questions 16--you're right, that last option wasn't professional, but I was trying to figure out a way to make it more appealing. You made some good points, and I intend to use them if I do something like this again. Thank you for post!

[skyepollard]

I know this has been done before, but I am doing a school research project on World of Warcraft. I am trying to look at how social interaction within the game world between players differs and is similar to interaction within the world external to the game(i.e face to face interaction). I like to think what I am asking is at least somewhat original, and if it is not, more reptitions of studies can lead to more precise, or help to verify previous work. It is a very short survey and should probably take about 5-10 minutes to complete. It is located at http://skyepollard.com/

Thanks!:smiley:

[Fysion]

This link is now closed, and the survey not being conducted at this time.
To all of you who helped me with this project: thank you!

[Fysion]

I have to administer this survey one more time. The results from the last one ended up getting blocked from me, so I had to try out a different survey website. Again any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

http://www.createsurvey.com/c/50731-bM5bLB/

[WeiChiang]

Sorry didn't know there was a dedicated thread for this.

Hi, i'm a student at University of Manchester,UK i am doing a research in the world of warcraft. I am looking at the Intergenerational interactions in WoW. The study will be on people of age under 25 and people over 40.

I am looking for participates who are willing to help me with this study.
(Only People in Europe Please)
What does the participates have to do?
All the participate has to do is play World of Warcraft, so i can observe them. And at the end answer a simple questionaire.

Here is a copy of the info sheet where you can find out about the study
http://rapidshare.com/files/26282434/infosheet.doc

Thank you for your time in reading this, i would much appreciate it if you can help me with this study.
If you are interested or have any further questions please email me at
Wei-cheng.Chiang@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Best Regards
Wei Chiang

[DretherenWarriorByHeart]

Ok this is a quick survey tha I wipped up a while back on misterpoll.com and although not able to post the link so you can just click on it there you can paste it as the URL.I can't post the poll b/c then the individual votes wouldn't count but just hit the second one down entitled "World of Warcraft Poll" make sure that you notice the Caps At The Beginning of Each Word, since the one above it is not mine.Thank you for making this!!

[WeiChiang]

Got informed by people that my msg might be spam with it being a word doc, didn't realise people would think this
but here is a pdf version of it
http://rapidshare.com/files/26463898/infosheet.pdf

[kcma]

sigh... this all reminds me of how unoriginal undergrad and grad kids are... *shake head*

[monymusk]

Hello, I am a freelance journalist looking into MMORPGs in general – and the world of WoW in particular – and am keen to talk to gamers in Scotland. I'm interested in the highly enjoyable – some might say addictive – nature of the game. So are you hooked? Help me to understand the online experience and why it's so difficult to put the mouse down and log out. Perhaps it's taken a toll on your personal or work life? If you are happy to share your experiences on the record, please don't hesitate to contact me. Maybe you know someone who's 'hung up their keyboard' because they were spending too much time online. Please pass the message on.



Many thanks,

Adam

[kcma]

ok, let's add freelance journalists to the groups of undergrad and graduate kiddies. can we at least pretend to have an interesting twist to the same questions that's asked ____ times already...??

this is seriously almost as bad as "what's the best ____ for ___?"

[maladroit2000]

Erm, slightly offtopic but why is this thread called "Calling all Scottish Wow players"? I'm from Scotland!

[masterduzza]

Hi!

My name's Mat and I'm a computer games technology student at the University of Portsmouth, I'm currently writing my dissertation about MMORPG behaviours. I was wandering whether any of you could spare 5 minutes and fill out my questionnaire, it would be much appreciated!

It can be found here: http://mmorpg.speedsurvey.com

Please remember that this is to do with my degree, so only fill it out if you intend to answer properly. Cheers!

[kall]

You need to go here: http://forums.worldofwar.net/showthread.php?t=387950

Posting such requests elsewhere is frowned upon.

[Valas Azuviir]

*merges masterduzza thread with the pre-existing survey thread*

[druidhazz]

Hi everyone. I'm a senior in my high school. My school participated in the Senior Project program. For my project i chose to do it on social habits relating to video game addiction. More specifically MMORPG such as World of Warcraft. I was wondering if I could get feedback from players who play over 20 hours a week.

The question I have for all you of you is, "For what reason do you play this video game?"

Also if you have any comments, tips, or anything that you think will help, I'm very open to listening to your thoughts.

If you're interested in reading my paper, here's a link to it: http://www.hazz.org/wow/research%20project/Senior%20Project%20v3.doc


Once again, if you choose to help, thank you very much. : ) I posted this in the general forums, hopefully it wont get locked or anything o.O

If you wish to send me an e-mail, i created a special e-mail account for this project: druid.hazz@gmail.com

Thanks for your time.

[masterduzza]

Sorry but I can't seem to edit my old post, but due to the jokers on a everquest forum I've had to move the questionnaire to this address

http://behaviours.speedsurvey.com

[druidhazz]

Sorry but I can't seem to edit my old post, but due to the jokers on a everquest forum I've had to move the questionnaire to this address

http://behaviours.speedsurvey.com

Is it possible to view the results of your survey anywhere?

[masterduzza]

People that have left their e-mails when they have filled out the survey will recieve a follow up e-mail detailing the results of my study :grin:

[ravenpoll]

Hello Forum, hope all is well.

My name is Adam and im currently producing a mini documentary which is focussing on the addictiveness of online RPG's (especially WOW) and the effort and enthusiasm that people put into these games.

A section of the documentary would focus on people who are objectionable to online gaming and prefer to role play for 'real'. I would be really interested to chat to anyone about their experiences of playing online gaming and someone who would love to express why they believe that World of Warcraft is the best RPG ever. This would be a great opportunity for someone to demonstrate their skills and commitment to online gaming and prove to doubters that online role playing is just as fun as re-enacting.

If anyone is based in the London, U.K, area then please don’t hesitate in posting a reply.

I look forward to hearing from you.

[Gekothan]

Well, I'm from London (sorta), but I don't think I'm a big enough WoW player to fit those requirements. IMO, WoW itself isn't addictive for me, computing in general is, and if I weren't playing WoW, I'd just be playing some other game like Enemy Territory or others (I have a pretty extensive collection of games). I don't play WoW as a "role playing game" as such, for me it's just another game.

[ravenpoll]

My name is Adam and im currently producing a 12minute documentary which is focussing on the addictiveness of online RPG's (especially WOW) and the effort and enthusiasm that people put into these games.

A section of the documentary would focus on people who are objectionable to online gaming and prefer to role play for 'real'. I would be really interested to chat to anyone about their experiences of playing online gaming and someone who would love to express why they believe that World of Warcraft is the best RPG ever. This would be a great opportunity for someone to demonstrate their skills and commitment to online gaming and prove to doubters that online role playing is just as fun as re-enacting.

If anyone is based in the London, U.K area and is interested in becoming invovled, then please don’t hesitate in posting a reply. Contributers will be benifited for their time and effort.

I look forward to hearing from you.

[Taah]

Hello All

I'm a student at the art institute online, and I'm currently taking a marketing research course...we had to choose a product to do research on and I thought it would be fun to do research on the market for a beginning to intermediate gaming guide...all I need is a minimum of ten responders to complete this project. That's the minimum required, and if I get that, I'm good...so hopefully you all can help me out.


World of Warcraft Gaming Guide
Marketing Survey



Welcome to my survey. I am interested in your opinions. This survey will take less than 5 minutes. I really appreciate your time.

Just list your answers from 1-12 separating your answer from the question with a dash. Ex. 1- 6, or 3 – 8. Question 5 and 7 require a brief comment.

1. Please select the category that includes your age.

1. 18 to 24
2. 25 to 34
3. 35 to 44
4. 45 to 54
5. 55 to 64
6. 65 or older

2. Please indicate your gender.

1. Male
2. Female

3. In the past year, which, if any, of the following gaming related products have you purchased? Select all that apply.


1. Gaming guides
2. Joy sticks
3. Game controller
4. Sound cards
5. Graphic cards
6. Wireless gaming keyboard
7. Speakers
8. None of the above


http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/5307/booklargear0.th.jpg (http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=booklargear0.jpg)


The World of Warcraft Gamer’s Guide is a guide that gives tips and secrets for winning…it gives you everything you want to know about World of Warcraft but were afraid to ask: the who, what, when, where of this fantasy world and what makes the game so addictive. You will learn how to get started, what servers to choose. You will learn about the importance of quests and why guilds are your secret weapon to success. You get 57 tips, tricks and strategies for the beginner, and 24 more tips, tricks and strategies for the intermediate player. Plus much much more…in addition, you will also get an audio version of the book that you can burn to a CD or listen on your ipod.

4. Based on the picture and description you just read, if this product were available online at a price of $29.95 how likely would you be to buy it?

1. Definitely would buy
2. Probably would buy
3. Might or might not buy
4. Probably would not buy
5. Definitely would not buy

5. Why did you answer that way?

6. Considering the price of $29.95, which statement best describes how you feel about the value of this guide?

1. Very good value
2. Fairly good value
3. Average value
4. Somewhat poor value
5. Very poor value

7. How would you rate The World of Warcraft Gamer’s Guide in terms of being different from other products currently available?

1. Extremely different
2. Very different
3. Somewhat different
4. Slightly different
5. Not at all different

8. What other type of Guides would you be interested in?

Additional Questions

9. Do you currently have children under the age of 18 living in your household?

1. Yes
2. No

10. Which of the following best describes your employment status?

1. Employed full time
2. Employed part time
3. Self-employed
4. Not employed, but looking for work
5. Not employed and not looking for work
6. Retired
7. Student
8. Homemaker
9. Prefer not to answer

11. Which of the following best describes your total yearly household income before taxes?

1. Under $15,000
2. $15,000-$24,999
3. $25,000-$34,999
4. $35,000-$49,999
5. $50,000-$74,999
6. $75,000-$99,999
7. $100,000-$149,999

12. Which of the following best describes you?

1. White/Caucasian
2. Black/African American
3. Spanish/Hispanic/Latino
4. Asian
5. Pacific Islander
6. Native American
7. Other
8. Prefer not to answer

The same survey can be found at
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB226ERURNR2K

Thanks again to all who have participated.

[blindinjustice]

Hey guys, Im just completeing a research proposal for one of my Uni units and its about WoW and social isolation.

It would be good if ya could please fill out this survey, HONESTLY! lol As it is for my work. Only people aged between 13-18 need do it.

Cheers guys! :thumbsup:
http://www.createsurvey.com/c/52350-fUx4pW

[Valas Azuviir]

*Merges thread into pre-existing thread expressly created for this purpose*
:annoyed:

[blindinjustice]

sorry valas, but its on a time schedule so i figured max exposure would help my cause.

[Andypsykick]

Hi there,

I'm a researcher at University College London looking for gamers to fill in an online questionnaire as part of my research in to their experience when gaming. We are interested in how your immersive gaming experience is produced and have deigned a short questionnaire to measure certain aspects of this. It will take less than 5 minutes and by doing it you would be improving our understanding of what makes gaming such an intense experience.

The only criteria for participation are that you have played a computer game (console or PC) in the last week and that you are over 18.

If you are interested in completing it then please go to:
http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucjtaep/introduction.html

Thank you!

Andy

[Caderbery]

we have a thread for this:

http://forums.worldofwar.net/showthread.php?t=387950

[moopy]

Always makes me giggle, people doing "research" who miss the thread for it. Not much gets past them :)

[mesonm]

Always makes me giggle, people doing "research" who miss the thread for it. Not much gets past them :)

<sigh>

:thumbsup:

[Stigg]

sorry valas, but its on a time schedule so i figured max exposure would help my cause.

Haha, best quote yet!

[Valas Azuviir]

*Moves yet another thread into the pre-existing thread*

:fortuneteller:

Lots of shadows.. Hard to tell.. The time stream seems unstable..
But I think I see something Fluffy in your future..


We regularly get requests to recruit members to participate in research for university courses or general surveys and rather than have rule forbidding them we feel a happy compromise would be to create a thread in which to post your requests. This way they don't overrun the forums but members interested in taking part know where to find the latest opportunities to get involved.

This thread is for surveys and research relevant to MMOs/RPGs or gaming in general. Do not post if you are wishing to sell something to participants. I check all surveys for any funny business :english:

Thanks
Elly
Admin, WorldofWar.Net

[staffsreseach]

You are invited to participate in a research study exploring players’ experiences in World of Warcraft, conducted as part of Staffordshire University’s Masters Research Program.

If you decide to participate, please follow the link below where you will be asked to complete a short questionnaire about your recent activities and experiences playing World of Warcraft.

http://www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk/sb49/

You will NOT be asked to provide an e-mail address, and all information provided is anonymous.

[damanda]

Hi fellow World of Warcraft players.
In this topic i have a request. For my masterstduy at the Utrecht University (The Netherlands) im observing World of Warcraft on severel points.

I have a request for my latest paper. I'm looking for people who have used payed leveling services (powerleveling) or have bought a character on the internet. I would like to ask some questions to those people about their experiences with these kind of characters. This interest is pure scientific, it is not my intention to exploit the leveling business, or act against the Terms of Use in WoW.

This way I hope to get a more clear view of the levelindustry in the game and determine if it really harms World of Warcraft and your playing pleasure.

For this I want to do some interviews with those people..offcourse this will happen strictly anonymous (IRC, or ingame chat) so you wont be harmed in your privacy.

Have you ever used payed leveling services or do you know people who did? please mail to wowinterview@gmail.com. The interview will not take long and no names will be mentioned in any version of the paper.

I thank you all for your coorporation and i hope you know some people who can help me!

[Elly]

I will leave this thread stickied for a while so the last call out is seen but will create a new thread. This one is now closed to new postings.

Thanks