Sleep patterns and gaming

wombatz on 18/1/2013 at 15:35

Hi everyone,

I'm a graduate student and I'm conducting a study on sleep patterns and computer/video gaming.
Please help by filling out the attached survey.

Thanks!
(https://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5mYuIn4kNzFFPFz) Sleep survey

Briareos H on 18/1/2013 at 15:59

Looks rather like a study on the reliability of online surveys, considering how many times you ask the same question on a same page using quasi-synonyms. Frustrating.

faetal on 18/1/2013 at 16:38

Grrrr, always use a 5 point Likert scale for surveys!!

Nicker on 18/1/2013 at 22:07

After two pages with no mention of sleep or games I got to wondering how many questions total there were and how many times I would have to describe my present mood. With no known end in sight I just dropped it.

Letting people know what they are getting into or one of those % complete meters would help. To me it just looked like untold pages of tedium.

Let us know if you revise the survey.

wombatz on 20/1/2013 at 11:25

Yeah, it could be a bit tedious and the sleep and gaming questions are at the end...
The questions are from a standard questionnaire so I had to leave the Likert scale as it is as well as the number of questions (and phrasing of course).
Anyways, thanks to everyone that helped!
If anyone else is up for it, more help would be greatly appreciated...

Al_B on 20/1/2013 at 23:02

I'm not familiar with the Likert scale but I really don't see how you can ask for a score for "I am tense" a question after asking for a "I feel calm" score without expecting the questions (and many others you ask like them) to be linked together.

faetal on 21/1/2013 at 11:45

Likert scale is the Strongly disagree, disagree, no opinion, agree, strongly agree scale.

Nicker on 21/1/2013 at 22:48

Quote Posted by wombatz

Yeah, it could be a bit tedious and the sleep and gaming questions are at the end...

And that's my main point. How far away is the end? Is it the next page of 30 repeated questions or is it ten pages further along?

If I don't know how much further I have to go to finish the form and I don't see any relevant questions about sleep or games after two tedious pages, I am going to bail.

Renault on 22/1/2013 at 00:47

I bet I can guess how you answered the "I am tense" question.

Nicker on 22/1/2013 at 02:52

Quote Posted by Brethren

I bet I can guess how you answered the "I am tense" question.

I AM NOT TENSE!