Need your help! Short political survey
 

Hello Everyone!

I am a political science major at school in MN and if you wouldn't mind giving me a couple mins of your time I would really appreciate your input on a survey I created. I created this survey to help analyze underlying dimensions in peoples' attitudes toward gun control. I would be happy to post a followup regarding the survey responses for those interested. Thanks a lot for your help on this one!!!!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...iLnZHYFg_3d_3d

Have a great evening!

Scott

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I am not in favor of gun control.

#13 on page 1 is a bad question. I can't answer it if I don't believe in gun control. I had to pick the first option.

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btw, any yes/no question that includes the phrase "or not" cannot be properly answered.

for example, "Do you believe in X, or not" is a nonsense yes/no question. If I say "yes" am I saying that I believe in X or that I do not believe in X. Both are valid interpretations of the answer for the question as asked.

poorly structured survey, IMO.

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Done....

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All done! :D

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Done - no problems understanding and answering the questions. Hope you make an A+:tu

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Agreed on #13.
#2 on page 2 needs more options. Maybe monthly? Or change weekly to regularly. And it could fall under the 15-19 issue below. Another thing on this one is I question if "church" is generic enough. Maybe how often do you attend a place of worship. And it should be "how often" not how many times a year unless you change your answers.
#3, 11 and 12 on p2 - maybe add a Neutral
#7 - 10 on p2 are more of a test question than a survey question. Turns me off personally
#15-19 on p2 are pretty typical for a survey, but often there is an option "prefer not to say" or something of that nature.

:2
Hope that helps.

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Good catch, especially on 17-19 on p1. It gives the surveyor the opportunity to pick which answer fits their agenda. That would turn many a people off for sure.

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I thought it was a good survey. Glad to help:)

aj

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Done ;):tu

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Done.

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Done...

But that whole church thing needs to be re-worded.

Not all of us attend churches.

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Done.:tu

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Is this just soliciting help to create the survey or are you using these results?

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Interesting survey. I was particularly happy to be able to help as I have a political science degree from the University of Minnesota.

I answered as best as I could but there were a number of questions I felt were to broad or without context that made it difficult to feel like I completely agreed with my answer but it was the best of the available options. Gun control is not a simple issue and it's hard to get at the core issues. I will very interested in your responses.

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Nice attempt. Does need a little work on wording and choices in some areas, but pretty good job overall.

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I think he was just asking for some help. I could be wrong though. :confused:

I didn't even submit my survey...just thought he/you were just looking for feedback on the survey questions themselves. Shrug.

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I am interested to hear the results once you have all the data compiled :)

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Just so you know, I clicked "other" for race. There is only one race, the human race.

All questionaires that deliniate differences in race help to foster the so-called racist issues we have. As long as we continue to think in those terms, there will be racism.

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:tpd:

Removing "or not" from several questions would make it more clear.:2