Mobile eSurvey, Raffle for 20 Pound Gift Voucher

I posted a few days ago and am happy to let you know that the online
survey is ready! For anyone who has 5 minutes to spare, it'd be really
helpful if you could fill out the survey. All respones are anonymous
and confidential, and after completing the survey, you can enter in
your email to join the raffle for a 20 pound amazon.co.uk voucher. You
can access the survey at the web address below:

http://www.mistudy.com

If you missed my earlier post, I'm a postgraduate student studying
mobile phone use in the UK at the Department of Media and
Communications at the London School of Economics.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding this
study or the survey.

Thanks!

David

"David Sobel" <davidesobel@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1150304908.422611.272090@h76g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I posted a few days ago and am happy to let you know that the online
> survey is ready! For anyone who has 5 minutes to spare, it'd be really
> helpful if you could fill out the survey. All respones are anonymous
> and confidential, and after completing the survey, you can enter in
> your email to join the raffle for a 20 pound amazon.co.uk voucher. You
> can access the survey at the web address below:
>
> http://www.mistudy.com
>
> If you missed my earlier post, I'm a postgraduate student studying
> mobile phone use in the UK at the Department of Media and
> Communications at the London School of Economics.

So if this is some part of your academic study, why aren't you posting from

d.sobel@lse.ac.uk

then ??

Why aren't you listed as a reasearcher in the department you claim to be in?
see
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/med...chStudents.htm

>
> Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding this
> study or the survey.

Why have you posted this again after you were challenged last time?

Come clean or FOAD.

>
> Thanks!
>
> David
>

R. Mark Clayton wrote:

<SNIP>

>
> So if this is some part of your academic study, why aren't you posting from
> d.sobel@lse.ac.uk then ??
>

Well, the contact address published at the foot of his web page is an
LSE one!:

"If you experience any problems with this survey, please contact me at
**********(at)lse.ac.uk."

> Why aren't you listed as a reasearcher in the department you claim to be in?
> see
> http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/med...chStudents.htm
>

Just a thought...but have you considered the possibility that the OP
could be doing a taught MSc, in which case he wouldn't be classed as a
research student...or that he's a visiting student from another
establishment and hasn't had his name added to the necessary
departmental web pages yet.

Methinks you've been a little hasty with this one, Mark.

For the record, I used to be an academic and raffles for £20 Amazon gift
vouchers were often used as enticements to get volunteers to perform
experiments. To this day, I still have nightmares involving electrodes
and electricity generators...but at least I've got my Harry Potter books
as a small comfort! <grin>

RM
--
www.reestitmutton.co.uk

Bringing you the best-value mobile phone contract deals in the UK
Presented the way it should be...in plain English

"Reestit Mutton" <not@this.address> wrote in message
news:4490abf0$0$69392$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> R. Mark Clayton wrote:
>
> <SNIP>
>
>>
>> So if this is some part of your academic study, why aren't you posting
>> from
>> d.sobel@lse.ac.uk then ??
>>
>
> Well, the contact address published at the foot of his web page is an LSE
> one!:
>
> "If you experience any problems with this survey, please contact me at
> **********(at)lse.ac.uk."
>
>> Why aren't you listed as a reasearcher in the department you claim to be
>> in?
>> see
>> http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/med...chStudents.htm
>>
>
> Just a thought...but have you considered the possibility that the OP could
> be doing a taught MSc, in which case he wouldn't be classed as a research
> student...or that he's a visiting student from another establishment and
> hasn't had his name added to the necessary departmental web pages yet.
>
> Methinks you've been a little hasty with this one, Mark.

Well perhaps, but he was challenged and did not give details on 11/6/06.

I did not follow the link to the web site as it might just have been
harvesting clicks. Now I have looked at the web site it does incorporate
LSE items and gives an LSE email address.

It might be a taught MSc, but the OP said "dissertation research" which
tells me it is not.

I have been contacted by genuine researchers before, and usually their bona
fides is evident from the approach and easily confirmed.

>
> For the record, I used to be an academic and raffles for £20 Amazon gift
> vouchers were often used as enticements to get volunteers to perform
> experiments. To this day, I still have nightmares involving electrodes and
> electricity generators...but at least I've got my Harry Potter books as a
> small comfort! <grin>
>
> RM
> --
> www.reestitmutton.co.uk
>
> Bringing you the best-value mobile phone contract deals in the UK
> Presented the way it should be...in plain English
>

R. Mark Clayton wrote:

> "Reestit Mutton" <not@this.address> wrote in message
> news:4490abf0$0$69392$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> > R. Mark Clayton wrote:
> >
> > <SNIP>
> >
> >>
> >> So if this is some part of your academic study, why aren't you posting
> >> from
> >> d.sobel@lse.ac.uk then ??
> >>
> >
> > Well, the contact address published at the foot of his web page is an LSE
> > one!:
> >
> > "If you experience any problems with this survey, please contact me at
> > **********(at)lse.ac.uk."
> >
> >> Why aren't you listed as a reasearcher in the department you claim to be
> >> in?
> >> see
> >> http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/med...chStudents.htm
> >>
> >
> > Just a thought...but have you considered the possibility that the OP could
> > be doing a taught MSc, in which case he wouldn't be classed as a research
> > student...or that he's a visiting student from another establishment and
> > hasn't had his name added to the necessary departmental web pages yet.
> >
> > Methinks you've been a little hasty with this one, Mark.
>
> Well perhaps, but he was challenged and did not give details on 11/6/06.
>
> I did not follow the link to the web site as it might just have been
> harvesting clicks. Now I have looked at the web site it does incorporate
> LSE items and gives an LSE email address.
>
> It might be a taught MSc, but the OP said "dissertation research" which
> tells me it is not.
>
> I have been contacted by genuine researchers before, and usually their bona
> fides is evident from the approach and easily confirmed.

My apologies for the lack of clarity about my status as a researcher
and the circumstances for the survey.

I am a taught Masters student in the Global Media and Communications
program, which means I am not listed as a research student, however,
I've put up a personal webpage that will explain about this survey and
provide a link to it.

http://personal.lse.ac.uk/SOBEL/mistudy.htm

I haven't used my lse e-mail, nor my personal page (until now), because
I was unsure how I would be received. Since I haven't been part of
this newsgroup for long, some people may have felt I was invading this
space, and have not been happy - even if I was trying to present a
topic that I hoped everyone would be interested in.

Studies like the link below, have suggested exercising caution with
electronic surveys, because sometimes people spam the survey poster, or
try to hack the survey itself!

http://www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10....590IJHC1602_04

At LSE, dissertations are for masters students, and theses are for PhD
students - that could have been confusing if different institutions use
different terms. Since I am doing research for a masters, I do not
have the resources that most PhD candidates or professional researchers
have, so posting to a newsgroup was my best option.

Please let me know if there are any other questions, and if you haven't
had a chance to try the survey, I'd really appreciate any help I can
get! Thanks!

"David Sobel" <davidesobel@googlemail.com> wrote in message

SNIP

> Please let me know if there are any other questions, and if you haven't
> had a chance to try the survey, I'd really appreciate any help I can
> get! Thanks!
>

You are forgiven, and I have already done the survey.

R. Mark Clayton wrote:
> "David Sobel" <davidesobel@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> SNIP
>
>>Please let me know if there are any other questions, and if you haven't
>>had a chance to try the survey, I'd really appreciate any help I can
>>get! Thanks!
>>
>
> You are forgiven, and I have already done the survey.
>

Isn't it nice when common sense eventually prevails...
It's generous of you to acknowledge a change of heart Mark - not many would.

Good luck with the survey David - I know only too well how difficult
these can be to get right (both in terms of choice of questions and
finding the necessary quota of respondents).

ATB
RM
--
www.reestitmutton.co.uk

Bringing you the best-value mobile phone contract deals in the UK
Presented the way it should be...in plain English

R. Mark Clayton wrote:
> "David Sobel" <davidesobel@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:1150304908.422611.272090@h76g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> I posted a few days ago and am happy to let you know that the online
>> survey is ready! For anyone who has 5 minutes to spare, it'd be really
>> helpful if you could fill out the survey. All respones are anonymous
>> and confidential, and after completing the survey, you can enter in
>> your email to join the raffle for a 20 pound amazon.co.uk voucher. You
>> can access the survey at the web address below:
>>
>> http://www.mistudy.com
>>
>> If you missed my earlier post, I'm a postgraduate student studying
>> mobile phone use in the UK at the Department of Media and
>> Communications at the London School of Economics.
>
> So if this is some part of your academic study, why aren't you posting from
>
> d.sobel@lse.ac.uk
>
> then ??
>


Since using a real email address isn't too great, especially if they are
as tight with email space as some universities.

He's definitely posting from a uni connection.

Reestit Mutton wrote:
> R. Mark Clayton wrote:
>> "David Sobel" <davidesobel@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> SNIP
>>
>>> Please let me know if there are any other questions, and if you haven't
>>> had a chance to try the survey, I'd really appreciate any help I can
>>> get! Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> You are forgiven, and I have already done the survey.
>
> Isn't it nice when common sense eventually prevails...
> It's generous of you to acknowledge a change of heart Mark - not many
> would.

Hell yea! That's one of the things about newsgroups, all to often
useful information can get lost in a cloud of arguments.

Not to mention the occasional batches of spam that seem to find it's way
on to this newsgroup.