Research Project

[gwdboi]

I am requesting that anybody who is interested please complete the following survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ePFiDr_2fTo_2bjJO9Rv5TI9Sg_3d_3d


You are not under any obligation to complete this survey, you may discontinue the survey at any time for any reason. All responses will be kept confidential and will be known only to the research team and will be identified by a number. No identifying information will be asked. Any other questions may be posted in this thread or sent to:


akonesky@student.lander.edu


If for any reason you experience any psychological distress due to the completion of the survey please use the email above and your response will be forwarded to a university official.
The responses from this survey will be used to help direct hypothesis an methods formation for a research study which will begin in the Fall 2008.

 

[Secundulus]

I am requesting that anybody who is interested please complete the following survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ePFiDr_2fTo_2bjJO9Rv5TI9Sg_3d_3d


You are not under any obligation to complete this survey, you may discontinue the survey at any time for any reason. All responses will be kept confidential and will be known only to the research team and will be identified by a number. No identifying information will be asked. Any other questions may be posted in this thread or sent to:


akonesky@student.lander.edu


If for any reason you experience any psychological distress due to the completion of the survey please use the email above and your response will be forwarded to a university official.
The responses from this survey will be used to help direct hypothesis an methods formation for a research study which will begin in the Fall 2008.

Just a suggestion from a professional statistician. If you are really trying to collect data for research then I recommend you define exactly what you mean by the word homosexual in the survey. If you do not, you data will not really be valid since the word is used differently by different people.

Does homosexual mean persons who experience same sex attraction.

or does homosexual mean persons who have sex with their same sex.

I think if you define the terms and ask the question from both perspectives you will collect some data with great potential for meaningful analysis.

Under the demographic data, you might also include a question that asks what religion a person belongs to and perhaps another question that asks their age range.

I have not completed the survey, but would if the terms were defined so I knew exactly what the questioner intended.

Also, I am curious why you did not include transexuals since they seem to also be normally included under the GBLT umbrella.

If these issues are addressed I think you have a great survey. I would be happy to speak by PM, or on this forum, if you want to talk about the design of surveys and my above comments.

 

[BigBadWlf]

Just a suggestion from a professional statistician. If you are really trying to collect data for research then I recommend you define exactly what you mean by the word homosexual in the survey. If you do not, you data will not really be valid since the word is used differently by different people.

Does homosexual mean persons who experience same sex attraction.

or does homosexual mean persons who have sex with their same sex.

I think if you define the terms and ask the question from both perspectives you will collect some data with great potential for meaningful analysis.

Under the demographic data, you might also include a question that asks what religion a person belongs to and perhaps another question that asks their age range.

I have not completed the survey, but would if the terms were defined so I knew exactly what the questioner intended.

Also, I am curious why you did not include transexuals since they seem to also be normally included under the GBLT umbrella.

If these issues are addressed I think you have a great survey. I would be happy to speak by PM, or on this forum, if you want to talk about the design of surveys and my above comments.

The only people I see trying to make homosexual relate specifically to a singular action are those engaged in the advocating of discrimination.

 

[BigBadWlf]

Nice survey. Easy to use and understand and took all of 1 minute

 

[Secundulus]

The only people I see trying to make homosexual relate specifically to a singular action are those engaged in the advocating of discrimination.

Ok, If you say so. However, that was not the point of my post. Do you always look for the negative in people?

I am a professionally trained statistician and I was trying to help. So much for that.

Manipulate the findings however you like.

 

[Apollo Celestio]

The only people I see trying to make homosexual relate specifically to a singular action are those engaged in the advocating of discrimination.

No, that's stupid. Define what you mean by homosexuality please, Mr. OP then I can complete the survey.

 

[gwdboi]

Just a suggestion from a professional statistician. If you are really trying to collect data for research then I recommend you define exactly what you mean by the word homosexual in the survey. If you do not, you data will not really be valid since the word is used differently by different people.

Does homosexual mean persons who experience same sex attraction.

or does homosexual mean persons who have sex with their same sex.

I think if you define the terms and ask the question from both perspectives you will collect some data with great potential for meaningful analysis.

Under the demographic data, you might also include a question that asks what religion a person belongs to and perhaps another question that asks their age range.

I have not completed the survey, but would if the terms were defined so I knew exactly what the questioner intended.

Also, I am curious why you did not include transexuals since they seem to also be normally included under the GBLT umbrella.

If these issues are addressed I think you have a great survey. I would be happy to speak by PM, or on this forum, if you want to talk about the design of surveys and my above comments.

Thank you so much for your feedback, I really appreciate it. Since we're only using this data to get some general ideas on homophobia and religiosity I'm not really worrying about certain things that we will specify later. Thank you again for your assistance

 

[gwdboi]

No, that's stupid. Define what you mean by homosexuality please, Mr. OP then I can complete the survey.

Fine, if it's that big of an issue:

Homosexual:

1. anybody who scores 5-6 on the Kinsley scale
2. anybody who identifies themselves as homosexual
3. anybody who experiences same sex attraction more than 50% of the time

 

[gwdboi]

Nice survey. Easy to use and understand and took all of 1 minute

thank you

 

[HaloHope]

Nice survey. Easy to use and understand and took all of 1 minute

Yup definately

Have completed the survey

 

[Criada]

Done

The question 'Do you regard homosexuality as a sin?' is not easy to answer without further definition, though.

 

[BAFRIEND]

I liked the questions, obviously appropriate given the lifestyle.

 

[bubblefish]

Completed

Good survey. As people said, easy to understand and complete.