Questions about the survey (Categorizer)
1. Did you intentionally write questions biased, poorly or otherwise easily misunderstood?
no {#48}
2. HOW DO YOU RUN THIS STUPID THING????
please rise your hand -- so we can help you {#98}
3. VERY CAREFULLY, OR NOT, CUZ IT'S NOT OUR EQUIPMENT. IT'S THE SCHOOL'S.
Why does this survey ask for personal information?
1. TO KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
if you have personal information about your subjects you can sometimes make inferences about their background and their intelligence level {#30}
2. TO GROUP PEOPLE
you can find out information so you can group people, and generalize about people {#26}
ALSO GROUP PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THERE AGE {#45}
3. I don't know i was wondering the same thing
4. USE CAPS LOCK HERE
ok {#17}
5. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE AUDIENCE
6. TO FIGURE OUT THE TYPE OF PERSON ANSWERING RIGHT?
7. TO FIND OUT IF WE ARE ALL POOR?
all college students are poor {#89}
i'M NOT POOR..... HA! {#109}
well nobody likes you {#120}
8. WHY WOULD FAMILY INCOME MATTER?
9. USE CAPS LOCK HERE
10. YEP
11. TO FIGURE OUT THE PERSONS INTERESTS AND IDEAS
12. TO HAVE A STANDARD
13. To better understand the psychological nature of the suject being surveyed.
14. WHY NEED TO "GROUP" POEPLE
so you can geralize {#54}
for easier results for the survery {#113}
15. INTERESTS AREN'T INCLUDED IN INCOME
sometimes they are {#83}
rich people can enjoy the finer things {#85}
16. HOW SMART ARE YOU
i have a 5.0 {#93}
blood alcohol level {#104}
no gpa idiot {#119}
17. USE CAPS LOCK HERE
18. JENNIFER YOU ARE BUGGIN ME TODAY
19. don't use lower case here, use it in the subpoints
20. Jason you know you like it!
21. USE CAPS LOCK HERE
22. QUESTIONS LIKE SEX, AND GPA ARE USED TO BENEFIT OTHER STUDIES
23. FIRST OF ALL YOU MUST UNDERSTAND WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION IS. PERSONAL INFORMATION IS INFORMATION THAT IS INQUIRIRING ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL LIFE LIKE PERSONAL STUFF.
What sorts of things can you do with this information?
1. YOU CAN GET SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON YOUR TOPIC FROM A VARIETY OF PEOPLE
2. WE CAN MAKE PRETTY GRAPHS WITH THE INFO
3. THE INFO WILL BE USEFUL FOR OUR PAPERS ON SURVERYING
4. CAN BETTER ASSESS PROBLEMS WITH COMP LIKE THIS CLASS
5. BETTER TO GROUP PEOPLE
6. USE CAPS LOCK HERE
7. KEEP IT TOGETHER AND NEAT
8. WHERE DO WE USE CAPS LOCK AT
9. HERE
10. you must use upper case here notlower case i repeat use upper not lower or you will be kicked out of th class
blow me {#97}
Which questions seemed potentially leading or biased? Why?
1. I DIDNT LIKE THE INCOME QUESTIONS
use lower case hare {#64}
2. THE GPA QUESTION MADE ME FEEL DUMB
bah, low gpa's are a sign of an underachiever rather than someone who is dumb {#69}
3. ME TOO, IT IS PERSONAL $$$$
4. WHAT DOES NEEDING TO KNOW FAMILY INCOME HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?
5. ???????
i KNOW GREAT POINT {#114}
6. WHAT DOES ME LIKING ENGLISH HAVE TO DO WITH $$
income many of the times decides where you live, how you live, and who you live with {#86}
it can have something to do with the quality of your education and upbringing {#94}
different backgrounds and parts of society may have different cares about what they feel they need English for {#103}
good point {#107}
CULTURE {#108}
i completely agree, money does have a little to do with your intrests {#110}
people that are very wealthy often times are required to be more cultured {#112}
those who live in the 'ghetto' most often don't care one way or the other {#116}
7. How many others felt like fudging the gpa question to feel better?
i wanted to but i wanted to average out the data by entering my low low GPA {#87}
8. REALLY THOUGHT THE MONEY QUESTION WAS OUT OF LINE
9. MY SEX
10. NO BYPAS...ANSWER OR DIE
11. I AM GOING TO BE KILLING YOU
12. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF NOBODY KNOWS WHO I AM
13. THAT SOUNDSLIKE A PROBLEM
14. jUST PUT IT IN THE COMPUTER
yeah' {#67}
15. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE WE
16. don't use lower case here, you use it in the subpoints
17. WHAT ABOUT GARY?
18. MY NAME IS JEN
hi jen {#79}
19. GARY IS ........
20. WHO THE HELL IS GARY
the snail on spongebob {#100}
21. HE'S NOT NORMAL
22. LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW
23. WHERE IS KIP?
24. hEY, STOP MAKING FUN OF ME
25. JEN IS WEIRD
26. A PRIEST A RABBI AND A MINISTER WALK INTO A BAR.....
27. LEAVE JEN ALONE!!!
28. i see that lower case h i am coming after you
29. WHO LIKES DUANES HOUSE OF PIZZA
I DO {#105}
30. I DON'T WANT TO GET KICKED OUT, IT'S TOO MUCH FUN!
How could you revise leading or biased questions?
1. WE COULD JUST REWORD THE QUESTION
use lower case here {#57}
2. LEADING QUESTIONS CAN BE REVISED BY ALLOWING A BETTER RANGE OF POSSIBLE ANSWERS
ranges of answers can work well for this if they understand what the ranges are for and stand for {#34}
3. BY BEING MORE SPECIFIC WITH ANSWERS
4. NEED TO MAKE QUESTIONS AND POSSIBLE ANSWERS MORE SPECIFIC
5. USE CAPS LOCK HERE
6. ASK MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAME SUBJECT
7. SAY ARE WE SUPPOST TO USE CAPS LOCK HERE
8. USE CAPS LOCK HERE
9. GET RID OF IT ALTOGETHER
10. AVOID WORDS THAT LEAD TO EMOTIONAL RESPONSES.
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