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[OllyWade]

ARG Research Questionnaire (5 mins)

[addlepated]

Interesting questions. I didn't understand the matrix in question 12 at all, though - does it mean ARGs in general, or one specific ARG, or what? If it's "in general," that's a little like asking "How believable/expert are movies?" It depends on the movie!

[imbri]

Yeah, I gotta agree with addlepated. I answered the straight down the middle for all of those because I had no idea what I was rating it on. You asked for "How X is the ARG" and I had no idea which ARG I was supposed to base my answer on. I figured they probably all average out to average - so I went with that

[OllyWade]

Thanks addlepated and imbri, I completely agree with you for this question, unfortunately for my dissertation, I had to use questions taken from other people's research that was not specific to ARGs. It hasn't really fit very well. In the other studies it was meant 'in general' just focusing on the type of media, , but this is useful for me to write about as well so thanks for the comment.
Also thanks for doing the questionnaire, with any luck if I can study this for a phD I will be able to improve on this.

Thanks again
Olly

[OllyWade]

Hi again, can i just make a quick plea for everyone to please fill in this questionnaire if they can. I promise it will only take 5 minutes and I am desperate for respondents for my research, so if you can spare the time please, please give it a go.
Also if you are having trouble with those final questions then just put down your intuitions on what you think the questions mean, they are supposed to be descrbing ARGs as a type of media, compared to other types such as newspapers, TV, blogs etc. but all answers will be useful to me at least in knowing how to improve the questionnaire.

Finally thanks to everyone who has already completed the questionnaire and everyone who will. I am very grateful
Olly

[tstrel]

Filled it out

[OllyWade]

Thanks Tstrel, and everyone else who has completed my questionnaire so far,

Just a post to say this questionnaire is still active and needs more responses so I am still very keen to hear the viewpoints of other players, no matter what their experience, for this research

I know some people have had trouble with a few of the questions asked, I'm sorry about this but I cannot change the questionnaire now so If you are thinking of filling it out please do so, and just go with what you think the question could (or should) be asking. Whether this is using one ARG as an example from your own experience or your perception of ARGs as a general media source or other interpretations. From the feedback I have been getting I should be able to analyse the results correctly so that even if the question may not prove what I hope, it will still give relevant information about ARGs.

Thanks again to everyone who has and will give up their time for this. I am very grateful, and If you ever need any help from the north of England with any ARGs I would be more than happy to help.

Many Thanks
Oliver Wade

[JaeDom]

I took the survey and answered 12. as tstrel did. Good luck with your dissertation!

[OllyWade]

Final Plea for Questionnaire Respondents

[Kandiman]

Hey Ollie, great questionnaire. I answered the matrix section as a generic about ARGs in general.

Good luck on the career path, too. I've been working in marketing for a long time (Ten years, technically) and every day is more rewarding than the last. I'm still undecided on whether I like ARGs as a promotional tool though...

[OllyWade]

Questionnaire Closed

[Daeld]

[Kandiman]

[OllyWade]

Hi again everyone, thanks so much for your help for my dissertation, it's been really appreciated. I've learnt that my tutor at university is hoping to turn this research into a publishable article, this would be a really good opportunity to contribute to the research of ARGs and help understand them a bit better, so i've re-opened the questionnaire in the hope that we can get more respondents.
Unfortunately we don't have enough respondents at the moment for validity in a proper academic article, so if you haven't already done the questionnaire please do! The address is the same www.survey.leeds.ac.uk/args and it is the same questionnaire so it should only take a few minutes. please help us out if you can.

Many thanks again
Oliver Wade