Help with school project, please?

[archangelwells]

So I have a group project for my research class. We're trying to get 200 completed responses to this survey we're doing

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[subieko]

Answered. ^_^ But out of curiosity: why do you need fake data, and what class is this for? I don't think I've ever taken a methods class where we used falsified responses.

[archangelwells]

It's for my intro to research class at Emerson, and because this way we can do whatever we want and still get responses without having to figure out a thing that matches the population of Emerson and without recruiting real world people, which is hard, especially in one week. The prof just wants us to get experience with writing the survey and analyzing the results.

[subieko]

Huh, I see. But then why do you need other people to answer it at all, since you could self-answer it a bunch of times? Unless he also wants you to get experience sending people the survey I guess? Interesting idea for a methods class though!

Also you have to do the project in one week? Dang that's a short turnaround.

[archangelwells]

No idea. This is what the prof said. I think if we still need people on Tuesday, I'll start doing that (filling it out myself). In theory because the system might not allow one person to fill it out multiple times and might track IP or something to determine that?

It was supposed to be two weeks, but we ran out of time. And that's just the time to get responses; it's been a semester long project. (Although the survey part has only been 3 weeks long at this point, from writing to recruiting.)

[fabricdragon]

ditto. done because a friend on Fb asked me to, but .. what class needs fake data?

[archangelwells]

It's for my intro to research class at Emerson, and because this way we can do whatever we want and still get responses without having to figure out a thing that matches the population of Emerson and without recruiting real world people, which is hard, especially in one week. The prof just wants us to get experience with writing the survey and analyzing the results.

[archangelwells]

It's Boston, of course that's the case. (Also, are you my ex's new sweetie?)

[mirrored_echo]

I had a lot of trouble filling out the survey, since I don't actually know if bars are in walking distance to places people live, so I don't know if that's a good answer. :( I think I've had a drink at a bar once in my life, and that was when a friend was outraged that I was 23 and had never bought a drink at one.

I got a friend to fill it out, though -- and will see if I can get more. (the survey seems somewhat Boston specific, though, which I wasn't expecting?)

[archangelwells]

I have no idea either, which is why we asked people to respond and assumed mostly people have stereotypical images in their heads about what it would be. Also, yeah, we should have had a screener question about that, actually. I wonder what happened to it, because I thought we originally did.....