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shindlee
Nov 7, 2012, 2:25 AM
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Hey, if anyone has been belay certified, please take our survey below! We're trying to get this scale validated and published!
Thanks :)
https://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5isOODQgx4czNbL
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tower_climber
Nov 7, 2012, 4:52 AM
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Firstly, the frequent switching in question form is difficult to follow and could easily cause incorrect responses. Secondly, what does sexual confidence have to do with belaying? And finally, the lack of a "neutral" option is irritating.
No validity. Only pancakez.
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marc801
Nov 7, 2012, 8:06 PM
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shindlee wrote: Hey, if anyone has been belay certified, please take our survey below! We're trying to get this scale validated and published! Thanks :) https://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5isOODQgx4czNbL
Secondly, are you tracking the abandonment rate when people either:
* realize how long and repetitive the survey is (without knowing up front how much time it will take)
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* encounter the question about sexual encounters.
In short, your survey sucks.
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USnavy
Nov 8, 2012, 6:23 AM
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tower_climber wrote: Firstly, the frequent switching in question form is difficult to follow and could easily cause incorrect responses.
(This post was edited by USnavy on Nov 8, 2012, 6:25 AM)
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jt512
Nov 8, 2012, 6:49 AM
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tower_climber wrote: Firstly, the frequent switching in question form is difficult to follow and could easily cause incorrect responses.
Yeah. When are psychologists going to learn that that idea backfires.
In reply to: And finally, the lack of a "neutral" option is irritating.
Yep, especially considering that some of the questions make questionable assumptions about proper belay technique.
Jay
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shockabuku
Nov 8, 2012, 6:50 AM
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I'm pretty confident that the people who wrote this survey either don't know how to belay very well or wrote it for novices.
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socalclimber
Nov 8, 2012, 10:50 AM
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shindlee wrote: Hey, if anyone has been belay certified, please take our survey below! We're trying to get this scale validated and published! Thanks :) https://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5isOODQgx4czNbL
And last but not least, we are now firmly entrenched in a world where certifications have replaced qualifications.
A sad day indeed.
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Gravitron5000
Nov 8, 2012, 5:30 PM
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In reply to: I feel comfortable my brake hand near my leg.
This sentence missing a verb.
In reply to: I feel that I can continue the cycle.
What cycle are you referring to here? There is little context here to determine what it is you are asking.
Repetitiveness has already been mentioned, but it bears repeating. Also, I found that the swapping of positively toned and negatively toned questions made me have to pay more attention to the survey than I would have preferred. Given that it is a crappy survey to begin with, I don't want to have to re-read your questions so that I get whether you were asking about my confidence or my lack thereof of every bloody question. Again, crappy survey. I want those 5 minutes of my life back.
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JimTitt
Nov 8, 2012, 6:23 PM
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socalclimber wrote: shindlee wrote: Hey, if anyone has been belay certified, please take our survey below! We're trying to get this scale validated and published! Thanks :) https://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5isOODQgx4czNbL And last but not least, we are now firmly entrenched in a world where certifications have replaced qualifications. A sad day indeed.
Thatīs o.k. I screwed up the survey as Iīm not certified to belay and never taken a test, Iīm qualified to certify someone though! Bizarre somehow.
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shimanilami
Nov 8, 2012, 6:41 PM
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I got halfway through the second page and couldn't take it any longer.
I've got better web-surfing to do than this.
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jeepnphreak
Nov 8, 2012, 6:56 PM
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I am never intimidated by the thought of a sexual encounter.
Why else would I go to a climbing gym where there is like 50:1 ratio of guys to girls.
And I feel so much better knowing that this is for a belay test...waite a minute here I'm getting mixed signals here.
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socalclimber
Nov 9, 2012, 12:10 AM
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JimTitt wrote: socalclimber wrote: shindlee wrote: Hey, if anyone has been belay certified, please take our survey below! We're trying to get this scale validated and published! Thanks :) https://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5isOODQgx4czNbL And last but not least, we are now firmly entrenched in a world where certifications have replaced qualifications. A sad day indeed. Thatīs o.k. I screwed up the survey as Iīm not certified to belay and never taken a test, Iīm qualified to certify someone though! Bizarre somehow.
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USnavy
Nov 9, 2012, 3:23 AM
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JimTitt wrote: socalclimber wrote: shindlee wrote: Hey, if anyone has been belay certified, please take our survey below! We're trying to get this scale validated and published! Thanks :) https://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5isOODQgx4czNbL And last but not least, we are now firmly entrenched in a world where certifications have replaced qualifications. A sad day indeed. Thatīs o.k. I screwed up the survey as Iīm not certified to belay and never taken a test, Iīm qualified to certify someone though! Bizarre somehow.
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guangzhou
Nov 9, 2012, 4:39 AM
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jeepnphreak wrote: I am never intimidated by the thought of a sexual encounter. Why else would I go to a climbing gym where there is like 50:1 ratio of guys to girls. And I feel so much better knowing that this is for a belay test...waite a minute here I'm getting mixed signals here.
Join my gym, our membership base is 65% women.
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JimTitt
Nov 9, 2012, 6:43 AM
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USnavy wrote: JimTitt wrote: socalclimber wrote: shindlee wrote: Hey, if anyone has been belay certified, please take our survey below! We're trying to get this scale validated and published! Thanks :) https://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5isOODQgx4czNbL And last but not least, we are now firmly entrenched in a world where certifications have replaced qualifications. A sad day indeed. Thatīs o.k. I screwed up the survey as Iīm not certified to belay and never taken a test, Iīm qualified to certify someone though! Bizarre somehow. Do as I say, not as I do?
Itīs the chicken and egg situation, someone had to certify the first person without being certified themselves.
It isnīt standard practice in Europe to have belay tests anyway, usually you just sign a waiver saying you are competent and thatīs it. Iīve been asked once if I could climb in Antwerp by a spotty youth young enough to be my grandson and convinced him verbally of my competence.
We donīt have floor walkers either in the parts of the world I frequent, Iīve never seen one.
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dagibbs
Nov 9, 2012, 5:30 PM
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JimTitt wrote: It isnīt standard practice in Europe to have belay tests anyway, usually you just sign a waiver saying you are competent and thatīs it.
That might depend on where in Europe, I know I've had to take a belay test at one gym (wall) in England, and I'm pretty sure I've had to take a belay test at a couple of others in England.
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JimTitt
Nov 9, 2012, 6:42 PM
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dagibbs wrote: JimTitt wrote: It isnīt standard practice in Europe to have belay tests anyway, usually you just sign a waiver saying you are competent and thatīs it. That might depend on where in Europe, I know I've had to take a belay test at one gym (wall) in England, and I'm pretty sure I've had to take a belay test at a couple of others in England.
Could well be so, havenīt been to a wall in England since 1975 or thereabouts.
Is England still part of Europe anyway? :-)
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dagibbs
Nov 9, 2012, 6:46 PM
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JimTitt wrote: Could well be so, havenīt been to a wall in England since 1975 or thereabouts. Is England still part of Europe anyway? :-)
I was thinking the same thing about England myself, but as a North American, didn't feel it was quite my place to raise the issue. Aren't they kind of half-European, more one foot in, one foot out, and never quite sure which way they're going? :)
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JimTitt
Nov 9, 2012, 7:27 PM
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dagibbs wrote: JimTitt wrote: Could well be so, havenīt been to a wall in England since 1975 or thereabouts. Is England still part of Europe anyway? :-) I was thinking the same thing about England myself, but as a North American, didn't feel it was quite my place to raise the issue. Aren't they kind of half-European, more one foot in, one foot out, and never quite sure which way they're going? :)
Itīs been like that since France vetoed Britain application to join in 1963 and again 1967, now we are in we like to return the insult by not being as cooperative as the others would like!
And unlike the other countries we still have considerable ties with our ex-empire and have the option of forming a power bloc with them instead of grovelling to the Spanish/French whatever, or of course with the USA since at least they (and the Indians) speak English.
The increasing pressure to create a federal Europe will probably see a few others joining the Brits in straddling the fence!
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