Modified Relationship Survey - Survey Finished

jon · Post by **jon** » 20 Mar 2006 15:14

Developing Relationships in Online Communities Survey

You are asked to participate in a research study conducted by Dr. Blair Nonnecke and Jonathan Haber, from the Department of Computing and Information Science at the University of Guelph. The results of this research study will contribute to a undergraduate thesis project.

If you have any questions or concerns about the research, please feel free to contact Dr. Blair Nonnecke at (519) 824-4120 ext. 56407 or email: [email protected]

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this research project is to research the development of relationships and statistically rank the quality of these relationships in a special population of online community members. The results expected will most likely show a strong possibility that relationships can and do develop on line and that there is a progression in terms of closeness in these relationships. They will also hopefully reflect and strengthen the results obtained in a similar study "Making Friends in Cyberspace" by Parks and Floyd

POTENTIAL RISKS AND DISCOMFORTS
There are no potential reasonably foreseeable risks, discomforts, inconveniences associated with participating in this research project.

POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO PARTICIPANTS AND/OR TO SOCIETY
Student researcher - will increase the understanding of the developement of online relationships;
Participants - no direct benefit;
Scientific community - the study will attempt to reconfirm results found by Floyd and Parks in the study "Making Friends in Cyberspace";
Society - a better understanding of how relationships compare when developed in online communities as opposed to relationships developed in the real world.

PAYMENT FOR PARTICIPATION
The participants will not receive compensation for the participation in this research project. However one participant in the survey will be randomly selected and receive a free professionally hand-stitched footbag by Jeremy Mirken.
Participants do not need to answer all questions or fully complete the survey inorder to be eligble for the free bag.

CONFIDENTIALITY
Every effort will be made to ensure confidentiality of any identifying information that is obtained in connection with this study. The identities of the persons involved in this research will be protected. The data collected in this study will be erased upon completion of this research project. The resulting data collected in the online survey will not be released to any third parties and will be used solely in the research project by Blair Nonnecke and Jonathan Haber from the Department of Computing and Information Science at the University of Guelph.

PARTICIPATION AND WITHDRAWAL
You may choose whether to be in this study or not. If you volunteer to be in this study, you will be unable to request that your input is withdrawn from our results. You may refuse to answer any questions you don’t want to answer and still remain in the study except for the first question. The investigator may withdraw you from this research if circumstances arise that warrant doing so. Doing any of the above will not impact your chance of winning the free footbag.

RIGHTS OF RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS
You are not waiving any legal claims, rights or remedies because of your participation in this research study. This study has been reviewed and received ethics clearance through the University of Guelph Research Ethics Board. If you have questions regarding your rights as a research participant, contact:

Research Ethics Coordinator
University of Guelph
437 University Centre
Guelph, ON, Canada
N1G 2W1
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: (519) 824-4120, ext. 56606
Fax: (519) 821-5236

The survey will be open for two weeks from the date of this posting.
March 20 - April 3, 2006
The survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete.
One entry per user.
Results of the survey will be posted to the forum when the study is completed. The winner of the bag will announced the day after the study is closed.

Thank you,
Jonathan Haber

Click here to begin the survey

Example picture of a Mirken bag (not the actual bag that will be awarded)

Mods please sticky.

JoFa · Post by **JoFa** » 20 Mar 2006 17:09

Only 18 and older? That's too bad...

jon · Post by **jon** » 20 Mar 2006 17:16

JoFa wrote:Only 18 and older? That's too bad...

In order for the study to be sanctioned by the University of Guelph's Research Ethics Board all participants must be 18 years of age or older.

Sorry.

brian relly · Post by **brian relly** » 20 Mar 2006 17:20

Can we just say we're 18? I've been mistaken for 18 before.

JoFa · Post by **JoFa** » 20 Mar 2006 17:28

Yeah, because I would really like to help out.

dp · Post by dp » 20 Mar 2006 17:33

Lying and therefore screwing up his study wouldn't be helping.

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 20 Mar 2006 17:36

and it wouldnt be helping me win the mirken bag either

jon · Post by **jon** » 20 Mar 2006 17:47

Pirate Man wrote:Lying and therefore screwing up his study wouldn't be helping.

Age does not affect my results. It is simply a rule the university ethics board requires all studies to abide by. Obviously I have no way to enforce the rule or stop people from lying.

dp · Post by dp » 20 Mar 2006 17:51

Well I just thought if something happened and the University found out or something, I dunno.

jon · Post by **jon** » 20 Mar 2006 17:59

Pirate Man wrote:Well I just thought if something happened and the University found out or something, I dunno.

thanks for the thought. I understood at the outset of this study what might happen and discussed the issue my advisor some time ago. Its just the nature of doing such a study.

JoFa · Post by **JoFa** » 20 Mar 2006 18:02

Instead of lying, I'll enter the survey with my Mom, who occasionally reads modified!

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 20 Mar 2006 18:24

if the bag goes to someone who lied, im going to be irked

Kyle Hewitt · Post by **Kyle Hewitt** » 20 Mar 2006 20:22

How about I lie about my age and if I win the bag make it so it goes to someone else so I help with your survay and I don't win the bag because I'm underage?

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 20 Mar 2006 20:53

Not sure if that's reliable enough to bank on.

Anyway, it's a University Study that wants little to no false positives as possible. If you're underage, please don't lie.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 21 Mar 2006 00:35

I am 19 and I attend ECU and I put that I was 19 in the space where it asked for age, and then I completed the rest of the survey and it brought up Question 74 and it said that I put that I was under 18, and I couldn't be counted? I thought this might be a glitch - just letting you know, I guess.

jon · Post by **jon** » 21 Mar 2006 05:41

bigdirtyfoot wrote:I am 19 and I attend ECU and I put that I was 19 in the space where it asked for age, and then I completed the rest of the survey and it brought up Question 74 and it said that I put that I was under 18, and I couldn't be counted? I thought this might be a glitch - just letting you know, I guess.

Don't worry that means everything worked correctly. If you had entered that you were younger than 18 on the first page it would have taken you directly to the third page. But since you stated on the first page that you were 18+ you were allowed through the rest of the survey. That was the best age verification process I could generate using Survey Monkey.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 21 Mar 2006 07:34

Oh alright, that's cool - it just seemed like a glitch. My bad.

habitat · Post by **habitat** » 24 Mar 2006 00:51

I just did the survey, and not because of the free bag offer

jon · Post by **jon** » 27 Mar 2006 21:15

Just a reminder that the survey will only be open for one more week. It will be closed on Monday April 3rd, 2006 at midnight. Thanks to all those that have participated thus far and if you have yet to complete the survey please take the time to do so and you will be entered for your chance to win the free Mirken bag.

Thanks,
Jon

Trey · Post by **Trey** » 29 Mar 2006 04:09

Posting to say that I fell for your bribe.