Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 9:50 pm
Well I've just noticed I forgot to sign in but as I'm actually working and only here for five minutes while I get more bloodsugar to be coherent:
using the guys here as research was actually helpful in that I use a lot of surveys. Mostly because, the kind of research I'm doing there isn't a lot of research in the area. But also because I was using a generational gap. This seemed a lot preferable than going to a bar or somewhere in St. Louis and asking a lot of guys (and girls) face to face those questions... I am a wee little girl and while I'd usually hand this part of the project over to my gay-boyfriend... he has his own work to do.
However, let's face it... I'm a lazy student. It would be ideal if I weren't one of those ultra competitive kids who's all about getting the A at any cost... but strangely I really am. (Obviously my theory is not all work and no play but...) So I also of course try to pick people I think may support my thesis. These are afterall stats and stats can be turned anyway you want them. Maybe it's unethical and I should rethink this - in fact, I'm sure it is, and one of these days when I'm not being graded but funded I will... until then tho' I may harass the boards (and other boards and all my friends) with surveys so I can get some stats to back up what I'm saying: or not back up what I'm saying and come to a different conclusion.
Strangely though, I did get the result I was looking for.
- Tragic
using the guys here as research was actually helpful in that I use a lot of surveys. Mostly because, the kind of research I'm doing there isn't a lot of research in the area. But also because I was using a generational gap. This seemed a lot preferable than going to a bar or somewhere in St. Louis and asking a lot of guys (and girls) face to face those questions... I am a wee little girl and while I'd usually hand this part of the project over to my gay-boyfriend... he has his own work to do.
However, let's face it... I'm a lazy student. It would be ideal if I weren't one of those ultra competitive kids who's all about getting the A at any cost... but strangely I really am. (Obviously my theory is not all work and no play but...) So I also of course try to pick people I think may support my thesis. These are afterall stats and stats can be turned anyway you want them. Maybe it's unethical and I should rethink this - in fact, I'm sure it is, and one of these days when I'm not being graded but funded I will... until then tho' I may harass the boards (and other boards and all my friends) with surveys so I can get some stats to back up what I'm saying: or not back up what I'm saying and come to a different conclusion.
Strangely though, I did get the result I was looking for.
- Tragic