+madcats Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I'm a PhD student with the Open University in the UK researching Geocaching. I have posted up a web survey and, with the permission of Bryan from geocaching.com, placed a brief description of my research and a link to my web survey. The invitation post is here: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=165390 Jaz666 responded in the thread and suggested that it might be a good idea to post the invitation in the UK section as many UK geocachers don't go to the main forums. As I'm a UK student, I'd hate to miss out on data from the UK contingent However, it isn't good netiquette to post the same message in multiple forums, so I've just put a link to my original message in this message. Please follow the link to find out more about my research and get to the web survey. I tried to make the survey fun to do, so do take this opportunity to tell me about your experience of geocaching. Quote Link to comment
Lactodorum Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Hi Madcats, I agree that it is a good idea to post a link in this forum and my thanks as Moderator for doing it in the way you have. Good luck with the survey (and don't be put off by a few negative comments!) ...and yes, I've completed the survey too Quote Link to comment
+John Stead Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 (edited) Good luck with your survey - I for one will certainly be interested in your findings. Did not realize as I posted this that I would be following in the footsteps of two of our venerated reviewers and moderators! Edited June 9, 2007 by John Stead Quote Link to comment
+KathyXB Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Done survey - hope you get good results! Quote Link to comment
+Sensei TSKC Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 (edited) Going off to do it.... Back! Completed. Oss! Edited June 9, 2007 by Sensei TSKC Quote Link to comment
+macroderma Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Interesting survey Can't wait to see the results - is it just me or are we all gripped by some incurable disease??? Quote Link to comment
+Team Sieni Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 (edited) Done. I'd like to echo others in saying that the results would be interesting. Edited June 9, 2007 by Team Sieni Quote Link to comment
+Globetrotter.uk Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Done it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wots the prize?????????????? Quote Link to comment
+The Wombles Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Done. Hope the PhD goes well and you can share the results with us. Quote Link to comment
Izzy and the Lizard King Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Yep. Done Quote Link to comment
+FollowMeChaps Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Done mine/ours as well. Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Done. Not easy to do the "Male or Female" question, or age, when you're part of a team or family group! Quote Link to comment
+Gushoneybun Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Done. Gender and age based on me though! Quote Link to comment
+The Bongtwashes Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 One more for the pile Quote Link to comment
+madcats Posted June 10, 2007 Author Share Posted June 10, 2007 Many thanks to everyone who has responded. I'm getting some really rich data. Many have expressed an interest in the results. Obviously, it will take me some time to do the full analysis, however I should be able to pull out the simple statistics fairly quickly and will post them up in the Groundspeak forums. My original plan was to leave the survey live for about 3 weeks, so that means I should be able to feeback initial results sometime in July. My thanks to everyone who has taken the time to respond. I've been "spreading the word" about geocaching and its potential through talks and workshops at the OU. It's striking how many people have not heard of it, yet when they do they're really interested. My department have purchased a number of GPS devices of various types and are loaning them out to people. I've been setting some simple campus-based caches to ease people in. There's absolutely nothing wrong with spending time hunting for ammo boxes and other containers. Quote Link to comment
+Lotho Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Ive filled the survey out. Quote Link to comment
+Sensei TSKC Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 There's absolutely nothing wrong with spending time hunting for ammo boxes and other containers. That's not what my therapist says!!! Quote Link to comment
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Done though Boba Fett may disagree with the age of the cacher. Quote Link to comment
Nediam Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Done. Good luck with the survey and hope you can share your results Quote Link to comment
+Eckington Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Me too, a bit later than my esteemed colleagues, but I've been away for the w/e..........CACHING Quote Link to comment
+S&G.Davison Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Completed from the S viewpoint. The G is away on business. Sue Quote Link to comment
+sTeamTraen Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Many thanks to everyone who has responded. I'm getting some really rich data. Many have expressed an interest in the results. Obviously, it will take me some time to do the full analysis, however I should be able to pull out the simple statistics fairly quickly and will post them up in the Groundspeak forums. Did you intend to target UK cachers? It seems like you might end up with half UK and half not, which - depending on which different ways people are bonkers worldwide - might mean that you have figures which are neither representative of the UK, nor the world as a whole. Anyway, I filled it in, and I did say I live in France. Quote Link to comment
+L8HNB Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Done. Good luck with it, let everyone know how you get on......... H&L Quote Link to comment
+Bambography Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Done, Looking forward to seeing what this comes out with. Quote Link to comment
Stratford Strollers Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 We've sent ours. Good luck. Quote Link to comment
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