r/Assistance Dec 29 '19

SURVEY Hi! I am currently writing my Masters thesis and am in dire need of respondents. The survey takes 8 minutes and will allow me to graduate, really appreciate the help! Thank you veryyyyy much

EDIT: Thank you everyone, I am beyond grateful to this sub!

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u/anniemalplanet Dec 29 '19

Took your survey, I found it confusing and I felt like the scenarios didn't have enough info to make those judgements? What are you trying to measure with this?

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u/sapphirechip Dec 29 '19

I agree with that. There just wasn't enough information in each scenario to make it more than a guess on the answers.

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thanks for doing it!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19 edited Dec 29 '19

Thank you for taking it!

I am looking at performance management, specifically at performance evaluation in situations that can be described as precarious. I am testing if gender of the ratee will have an effect on the performance rating when there is ambiguity. There were some studies before showing that female leaders tend to end up in very difficult leadership positions, for a variety of reasons. I am expecting that female leaders would be at a disatvantage in such a role if failure occurs.

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u/anniemalplanet Dec 29 '19

Aaaaah.... That makes sense. Best of luck!

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u/Luckym1k3 Dec 29 '19

Done, that was actually an enjoyable survey

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you, Im glad it was!

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u/manic_panic Dec 29 '19

Post it to r/samplesize Also, done :)

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Done that, thank you :)

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19 edited Aug 18 '24

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Will happily share that! Thank you!

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u/karahm Dec 29 '19

Done! As a recent Masters graduate, I want to say congrats and good luck on your endeavors!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you, and congrats to you too and plenty of luck!

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u/bum_stabber Dec 29 '19

Done. I didn’t remember the gender of the first two. I had a sneaking suspicion where it was going in the last case and then the additional questions confirmed and you may have captured unconscious bias from me.

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Perceptive of you, I really tried to be sneaky but its difficult with such topics.

Thank you for filling it in!

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u/sadiegoose1377 Dec 29 '19

How so? I just finished as well and wonder if the same happened for me?

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u/bum_stabber Dec 29 '19

I’m guessing it’s looking to see if given the same kind of information in 3 cases if you would judge the female manager any differently than the male manager. And to add about how the respondent sees gender roles, if that in any way correlates to how they graded the managers.

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u/sadiegoose1377 Dec 29 '19

Welp I fell right into that

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u/straightshooter62 Dec 29 '19

Curious if attitudes line up with regions.

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

That's an interesting one to look at, probably starting with glass cliff presence in general. So far they have strong evidence in UK and US.

Thank you!

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u/EndlessTheorys_19 Dec 29 '19

What was up with the question that said we had to answer Strongly Disagree?

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u/tulip0523 Dec 29 '19

They usually do it to make sure you are not blindly picking something to just be done with the survey, but that you actually read the question

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u/randomisedmind Dec 29 '19

All done Interesting topic. Would love tonsee the results

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Ill share it here once its finished then :)

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u/amreinj Dec 29 '19

Yeah for sure I'm curious as well. How many people have done it so far?

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

At 400 people now, I will start working on stats tomorrow morning and then should have it ready in couple of days, in terms of preliminary results

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u/cheese01234 Dec 29 '19

I’ll do it later - No WiFi atm

(Can you reply to this message to remind me)

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you :)

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u/thewaryteabag Dec 29 '19

Done :) That was the most interesting survey I’ve done in years! Thank you and good luck :)

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you for such kind words and for filling this one out! Really appreciate it!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Done, grats on your Masters!

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thank you!

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u/shelomit Dec 29 '19

Completed. Best wishes for your thesis from a fellow graduate student!

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thanks!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Done :) good luck

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thank you, appreciate it!

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u/FlamingPeach787 Dec 29 '19

Done.

(I hope it helps.)

(Also...what is happening with this?)

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thanks!

The results? So I have used Goldberg paradigm in this survey: half the participants saw the first vignette with a male actor and third with a female actor, the other half of the pariticipants saw the actors reversed. That way the only difference between the vignettes was gender. Based on that I can evaluate if gender plays a role in evaluation.

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u/jacksgirl1968 BANNED Dec 29 '19

Done! Good luck on your thesis!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

thank you very much!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Done! What are you studying?

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

I am doing International management studies, and the paper focuses on performance management & glass cliff.

Thank you for filling it in!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

That sounds very interesting. Good luck!

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u/Rocklatina Dec 29 '19

Done!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you, I appreciate the time you took!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Finished it! Good luck with the thesis!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thanks a lot!

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u/Muladach Dec 29 '19

OK

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you, appreciate it

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u/CharlzG Dec 29 '19

Done! Best of luck!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Survey complete - best of luck! :)

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Appreciate it!

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u/FearlessConnection Dec 29 '19

Done. Very interesting study!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thanks!

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u/lonelyboix BANNED Dec 29 '19

Well that was a different survey! Good luck with your thesis!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Appreciate the help, thank you :)

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you, I really enjoy working on it :)

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u/Aquiladdit Dec 29 '19

done! good luck!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you very much!

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u/iamtheleftbrain Dec 29 '19

Done! Very interesting survey

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you!

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u/Lucy351132 Dec 29 '19

Done. As a women in senior management I'm a little confused by the whole subject. Would love to chat it through with you.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

It read like it was a study on sexism.

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you! More than happy to discuss it, drop me a PM!

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u/lilbop82 Dec 29 '19

Done, would like to see the results. Good luck!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Will include you when sharing it, thank you!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

The format with the image including text was difficult on mobile browsers

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you! Sorry about that, I know its not ideal on phones

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u/Artslave21202 Dec 29 '19

Took your survey for you!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you!

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u/look_itsatordis Dec 29 '19

That was highly interesting. I'd love to know what the results of your study are once it's finished if you don't mind telling us.

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Will do!

Thank you!

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u/deanie1970 Dec 29 '19

Done!! Hope it helps you out and good luck!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you!

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u/NM1795 Dec 29 '19

Done

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thanks!

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u/lockheed40 REGISTERED Dec 29 '19

Done!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Appreciate it, thank you!

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u/Just1LovingSoul Dec 29 '19

Done, best wishes :)

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thanks!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Found this pretty feminist but took it and answered honestly (for record I’m female)

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thanks! The inventory is I assume you are referring to is quite old so it appears to be a bit strange, but in the pretest there was plenty of variation in the responses so it does seem to capture differences.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Ok cool 😎

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u/Cayt98 Dec 29 '19

I started the survey, but exited. There is not enough information to actually answer the questions asked and to rate the employees. An option given for not enough information would be helpful.

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

I understand the frustration, ambiguity is intentional and its tough to keep at the acceptable level. Thank you for attempting, I appreciate!

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u/AllKindsofRandom Dec 29 '19

Did it. I hope you have enough responses and that your continued education helps you attain your goals.

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you very much!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Completed! Very well written, I'm interested in what you find.

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you very much, appreciate you saying that!

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u/GerMehn1988 Dec 29 '19

Done :) very interesting!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thanks :)

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u/LadyWolfshadow Dec 29 '19

Done, good luck writing your thesis!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you!

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u/Shredder_FTW Dec 29 '19

All done, best of luck to you

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you!

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u/RosieCakeness Dec 29 '19

Completed. Very wordy. Revising it to add a bit more info to make better decisions on the questions in less drawn out ways. Overall great work!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you! Appreciate the feedback too!

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u/Justlovely12 Dec 29 '19

Will you publish your results? Interested in seeing the outcome. Great questions.

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Will have the preliminary results in the next couple of weeks and will share them here I suppose!

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u/vfuhrm84 Dec 29 '19

Done. How many more people do you need?

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thanks, I think tomorrow I will start working on the stats already! This subs is incredible, I am so grateful!

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u/amreinj Dec 29 '19

Done, good luck and happy trails!

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

There is a sub called sample size. People post surveys and studies they need respondents for

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Somebody suggested it here, and I actually have reposted it there too! Thank you!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

I filled out the survey. Hope you get More respondents :)

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thank you!

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u/bmwbaby Dec 29 '19

Survey complete. Good luck to you on your journey.

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u/dbozko Dec 29 '19

Thanks!

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u/Lucren_333 Dec 29 '19

All done !

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thank you!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Took your survey ! :) Good luck with your Masters !

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thanks!

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u/davischristina400 Dec 29 '19

Took your survey. Hope it helped!

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

It did, thank you!

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u/Blitzy423 Dec 29 '19

Done! Bet your thesis will rock!

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

I really hope so! Thank you!!

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u/TwerkmasterTaco Dec 29 '19

I did it, but the questionnaire was the part i found alarming, Where did you get these questions from?

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thank you!

It is the short version of the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI; Glick & Fiske, 1996; Glick & Whitehead, 2010).

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u/coloradoconvict REGISTERED Dec 29 '19

I started to take your survey but stopped a couple of questions in. You're asking me my GUESSES about his performance. How should I know? You provide no meaningful information.

If you're trying to detect the thing you talk about trying to detect, then you need to provide genuinely ambiguous situations, not situations where there is so little data that nobody can provide anything but assumptions.

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thank you for trying, I understand the frustration. The setup is such because information procurment is costly for the organisation and the rater, so assumptions are salient even if we try to be objective.

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u/jupiter_sunstone Dec 29 '19

This was a strange survey. I get it after seeing your responses to some of the comments, but the formatting was a little odd. I am definitely interested to know how you do on your thesis though, and what the results of your survey show! Congrats.

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thank you for filling it in. I will share the results once it's ready!

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u/mknzee Dec 29 '19

Done- very interested in seeing your results. I felt like I knew where it was going but probably still showed some bias. Well played :)

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thank you, appreciate the time you took!

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u/Murderino67 Dec 29 '19

The sliding scales on the last two scenarios would not allow me to go past 7 and 6 respectively. Could not give true answers.

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

That is bizzare! Unfortunately, I dont have any way to find your response case. I will need to report this to Qualtrics.

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u/MissSara13 REGISTERED Dec 29 '19

Done!

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thanks!

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u/tulip0523 Dec 29 '19

Done!

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thank you!!

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u/hybridreflux Dec 29 '19

Done and done

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thanks!

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u/KetchupCowgirl Dec 30 '19

Done! Would love to see the data on that when your thesis is complete. The survey was interesting.

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Will share it here as soon as I am don, thank you for taking the time!

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u/cirkle52 REGISTERED Dec 30 '19

Done. Good job on the survey!

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thank you very much!

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u/mollybones Dec 30 '19

Done! Let us know how it goes.

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Will do, thanks!

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u/JenJen0630 Dec 30 '19

Done. Looks like you have a good sample size. Best of luck

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u/dbozko Dec 30 '19

Thank you!