Psych Major itp needs volunteers for capstone research!

[Protecar]

Hey playgrounders,


I'm a psychology major in need of some volunteers to fill out a couple of forms for my research I'm doing. I was hoping there were some people on these forums with some time to kill. :belkar:

There are two forms(not including the form that explains the research): one that relates to your personality type, and the other relates to your belief in superstitions.

If any of ya'll would like to help me out, either post here or PM me. I can either email you the stuff or make it work via private message. Either or.

Thanks in advance and I hope to see some of you game for this. :smallbiggrin:

Edit: I'll probably be collecting data until around mid-March. So if you have an interest, there's plenty of time :smallsmile:

[Keld Denar]

Eh, I'll be a guinea pig...I'll try anything twice! What's your time frame?

[Protecar]

I like your style! :smallwink: I would like to take care of this stuff asap, but ultimately I have until about mid-March to collect data(absolute latest really--I need to time to play with the data.

So...yep. Thanks for the interest. I can send you the stuff whenever. PM me an email address and I'll send you the details, or I can see about copying all the forms into a private message(admittedly, the private message method may be pretty sloppy).

[Temotei]

My e-mail has still yet to be set up, but my PM box is open (to fifty-eight more messages).

[Stadge]

Ah I'll lend a hand. I'll PM you an email you can send to.

[Siosilvar]

Sure, why not. PM pleaese. (Wow, I fail at typing today.)

EDIT: I think this is my first post in Friendly Banter ever. :smallconfused:

[Temotei]

I'm finished. You should have both forms in your PM box.

[Lady Moreta]

I'll bite :smallsmile: I did a survey for my honours research... I'll PM you my email addy.

[shadow_archmagi]

doing research on superstition vs personality type

It'll be interesting to see how using a gaming forum affects your results

sign me up

[Zain]

I'll be a test subject I guess, PM it to me

[Halae]

Sure, why not? Send it to my PM box, if you please

[KenderWizard]

I like helping! I'll fill in some forms.

[rakkoon]

if you need one more your.lord.rakkoon is available at gmail.com or PM

[drakir_nosslin]

I wanna play too! :smallbiggrin:
I prefer to go via PM.

[Level8Mudcrab]

Sounds like this will be interesting, I'll sign up. Ethier PM it or my email is in my profile, I don't mind which.

[Eloel]

If you still need help, my nick exists as a gmail username - you can send in. (not writing address out, spambots y'know)

[Protecar]

Wow, I hoped I would get some interest from this, but the amount of responses I've gotten thus far is a pleasant surprise! :smallsmile:

Everyone who has asked to be a part of this thus far should have been contacted by me now(I've sent PMs and emails to everyone who expressed interest here). I'm still on the lookout for more volunteers to participate though, so if you have an interest, just get in touch with me. I'll probably be collecting data until mid-March or so (probably something I should've mentioned).

[Morph Bark]

As a Psych major myself, I'll be glad to be of aid! (And this right after a class on social solidarity versus selfishness... timing! :smalltongue:)

You can just PM it to me here. If you include your e-mail address, I can just e-mail the stuff back to you, whichever you would prefer yourself (I know that some networks might not allow access to sites like GitP, and since you asked for e-mail adresses first, you seem to prefer that).


A question though: where are you from exactly? I know for a fact that Psychology books have some differences between material used depending on location, like US&Canada vs The Rest Of The World. :smallsmile:

[Protecar]

@ Morph: I like the email approach, but go ahead and just PM the stuff back to me. I'm working a system now so PM is actually about as efficient as email by this point.

And to your second question--I'm in the U.S. so take that for what you will. I'm enjoying the amount of international input I've been getting in this research. :smallbiggrin: Even though this research is a little mundane and simple, it's currently garnering a broader range of cultural input than, arguably, the majority of research done over here in the states.

So, thanks to everyone who has expressed interest and offered input thus far. (And apologies to anyone who has noticed some of the typos :smallredface:)

[Lillith]

Sure sounds like fun. Send me a pm. Also if you want I can mark all your spelling mistakes in red. :smalltongue:

[rakkoon]

(I used yellow :smallwink:)

Seriously, fun quiz, everybody should take it!

[Acanous]

PM me the info, and I'll fill it on out ;)

[Telonius]

I'd be interested! Go ahead and PM it to me.

[Incomp]

I'm in! PM me. I can PM you my email if you'd really prefer that, too.

[Galileo]

What the hey, count me in. Send me a PM.

[Kwarkpudding]

Alright, I'll help.
I'll send you a PM. :smallsmile:

[Kallisti]

Sure, why not?

[Don Julio Anejo]

PM me. Former psych major here :smallsmile:

PS: different cultural input in this case is actually a _bad_ thing. Not only do you get sampling bias because it 1. is an online forum, 2. is an online gaming forum and 3. is a self-report questionnaire that requires one to actually want to participate so it's not a represantative sample.

But because of different cultural input, a lot of things you may be able to find, you can't correct for culture. If your study really is about superstition and you're not blinding us, you may not be able to tell if a person X is more superstitious because they're personality Y rather than because they live in rural Estonia where _everyone_ is superstitious.

[Castaras]

Sure, pm me. ^^

[John Cribati]

Oh, By the way, in case you're taking gender into account for some odd reason, I'm male. I'm just participating in Gender Bender Week.

[cycoris]

Oh, By the way, in case you're taking gender into account for some odd reason, I'm male. I'm just participating in Gender Bender Week.

If he is taking demographics into account, February makes it a really bad time to be surveying us. I think it would be interesting to compare superstitiousness with religious/philosophical beliefs with personality, but that's just me. I'll add it to MY list of potential research subjects.

Out of curiosity, Protecar, what sort of sampling are you using? Stratified or quota by personality type would make sense to me, but probably be harder to organise. Or are you just doing a quick and dirty convenience or snowball sampling? :smalltongue:

[AsteriskAmp]

Count me in, either mail or PM is okay for me.

[Lillith]

Just pm'ed you back. Good luck!

[Elentari]

Shoot me a PM, this looks interesting.

[Ikialev]

PM me too, i like filling forms.

[big teej]

I am intrigued.
and as a psych major, I am doubly intrigued


SIGN ME UP

and let me know how polling the playground works for you, I may do this as well at some point.

[Protecar]

Again I am overwhelmed by how much support the playground is giving me in helping my research endeavors! I think I've contacted everybody who has requested to be a part of this now. I have read the questions pertaining to my research and would like to give them all their answer when I get a chance. However, today is my crazy day and I still have much to do. Know that I will try and get back to everyone's questions when I get a chance.

Thanks again all! :smallbiggrin:

[Lord Loss]

Interested. PM me the form(s).

[Gadora]

Sounds interesting. Please send me a PM.

[Lady Moreta]

Done. Just emailed the forms back. :smallsmile:

[Galileo]

All finished. That was fun!

[Castaras]

Having finished the forms, I would be very interested in seeing what conclusions you draw with the data you recieve. :smallsmile:

[Temet Nosce]

Hrm, I'm curious enough to give this a try.

[grimbold]

i will totally do it PM please
however im not out of high school, will it still be okay?

[Dvandemon]

I wonder how crazy I am...SIGN ME UP! :biggrin:

[Incomp]

I'd be very interested to see what the conclusions drawn about me were.

I love these kinds of tests.

[Ytaker]

Sounds fun. I'd love to try. It's always fun doing quizzes.

[Knaight]

Sounds fun. I'll take the survey over PM.

[Protecar]

Once again I find myself swamped. I have the nagging feeling the a PM just up and disappeared, but I believe I have contacted everyone thus far who has gotten in touch about wanting to be a part of this.

If I haven't and you already expressed interest then please let me know.

Peace, I appreciate everyone's participation.

Protecar

[Thelas]

PM please.

[Nibleswick]

This does sound remarkably interesting. Sign me up.

[Mikhailangelo]

Always interested in helping someone out, sign me up :)

[VeisuItaTyhjyys]

I've had to do research, it would be awful to turn this down. I'm in.

P.S. PM

[_Zoot_]

Sounds like fun! :smallbiggrin:

Sign me up! If you want to send me a PM, or if it is easier I can send you my email.

[Murdim]

Count me in. I've always wanted to become a guinea pig for some mad scientist.

[Tiger Duck]

I've got time to kill, PM me ^^

[truemane]

I will happily assist you if I can. Devising and orchestrating psych experiments were some of my happies days in uni. Feel free to PM me.

[Protecar]

Phew. With the start of the weekend I am still swamped with stuff to take care of but I think I'm starting to get on top of things. Everyone who has expressed interest should again have been contacted by me. I applaud each of you for your willingness to help me. You all have really exceeded my expectations for volunteering for this! :smallbiggrin:

I can't express my appreciation enough! I am still collecting data so keep shooting me PMs or expressing interest via this thread and I'll keep getting back to you. :smallsmile:

[Raistlin1040]

I'm interested!

[golentan]

Color me interested. Assuming a history of mental illness doesn't disqualify me, naturally.

[Eadin]

interested:smallsmile:
feel free to PM me

[Doctor Acula]

I'm down to fill out a few surveys for a fellow playgrounder. PM with what you need

[Tiger Duck]

it wasn't entirely clear to me what I needed to write on the first form.
is it really necessary?

[Don Julio Anejo]

it wasn't entirely clear to me what I needed to write on the first form.
is it really necessary?
It's a consent form saying you're okay with taking part in a study. It's usually mandatory when conducting a study in North America.

[Protecar]

The Don has it right: The first form is just legal mumbo. If you want to disregard it, that's your prerogative. I do have to provide certain information about the research before accepting you as a participant however. :smallwink:

So, yeah: the first form I just want you all to read. Then it is an assumption that you accept the premise of my research enough to participate by continuing on and filling the forms out.

Also, I've finally caught up and everyone who has requested to participate has been contacted. Again: thank you for the help!:smallbiggrin:

[Partysan]

I'm sold. PM me if you're still looking for guinea pigs.

[Perenelle]

My PM box is open if you need any more volunteers as well. :smallsmile:

[Spacefarer]

I'm down. PM me.

[Tiger Duck]

So, yeah: the first form I just want you all to read. Then it is an assumption that you accept the premise of my research enough to participate by continuing on and filling the forms out.


I was hoping it'd be something like that. :smallbiggrin:
I have read it, so I'm good.:smallwink:

[Geiger Counter]

Sure i'll participate

[Protecar]

Everyone should have received either email or PM contact with me. :smallbiggrin:

I would like to take this opportunity to answer one among many of the questions and concerns that have reached me(however briefly--and I do apologize for not addressing more of these in a prompter manner).

Many have mentioned some questions or criticisms in regards to the superstition scales. I would like to say that I do agree some of the questions are not worded as well as I would like and also that I'm not an especially big fan of some of the questions.

That said, those were not my first choice for scales. Me and my academic adviser, while not exactly butted heads, had slight disagreements on which ones to use. In the end, I went along with his suggestions. As I recall(without referring back), my scale may have been more indirect. It's hard to say for certain what with how long it took to set this up.

For those who are not aware, none of these scales are mine: they are adopted from other researches who have used and validated them. To have constructed my own would have been another trial more ample, perhaps, than the research itself.

In short: there's not much I can do about the scales except give them as they are(the typos are my fault in transcribing them, though :smallredface:).


Not as brief as I thought....but there you have it. Hope that answers some people's questions and let's you all know that I'm around and I am reading everyone's comments and replies--I just haven't necessarily found the time to address them all.

Thanks again, and keep the interest coming! :smallbiggrin:

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

I am most interested. PM me.

[Eadin]

I've sent you the filled-out forms!