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Mike22
Apr 19, 2010, 1:56 PM
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altelis
Apr 19, 2010, 2:08 PM
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So you want help with a graduate degree but can't be bothered to represent yourself in a professional manner by either
a) Making the link clickable
b) Proof-reading your post and using proper spelling and grammar to get your point across.
I cringe for whoever has to read your dissertation.
EDITED TO ADD: Out of curiosity for the value of your survey I went to the link- IT'S DEAD! Haha. You ARE a "class" act for sure! Just makes me feel like my degrees are worth a little less now that you might be able to claim the same level of education one day.
Man, am I a bitter fucker or what?
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scrapedape
Apr 19, 2010, 2:11 PM
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Mike22 wrote: Hi im a Hallam student and im currently in the process of doing my dissertation I would appreciate it if you would take a minute to fill out my questionnaire.Please only fill it in if you have been to the climbing works, http://www.surveymonkey.com/...x?s...yomGJorAfCg%3d Also I would just like to say that this is been conducted for my dissertation and is not been conducted by the climbing works owners.This would be a great help for me if you could do this !!Cheers Mike
Mike,
A couple of suggestions:
1. You might want to provide a little more context for your research. For example, tell us what is Hallam (a university?) and where it is. Is this an undergraduate or graduate dissertation? Also, is the climbing works the name of a climbing gym? If so, you might want to capitalize it to make that more obvious.
2. Since you are looking for a specific audience, you might want to put this in the "regional discussions" forum to find a more targeted audience - or maybe a moderator will move it for you.
3. My guess is that by not making your URL into a link, you are going to lose at least half of your respondents. I fixed it for you.
4. How are you going to explain your sampling strategy in your dissertation? Is this a representative sample of your population of interest? How are you going to guard against people on this website going and filling in your survey with humourous answers? If you don't care about getting a representative sample, you should save some effort and just make the data up yourself.
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jbro_135
Apr 19, 2010, 2:12 PM
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i think it's just market research for his gym
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edge
Apr 19, 2010, 2:12 PM
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altelis wrote: So you want help with a graduate degree but can't be bothered to represent yourself in a professional manner by either a) Making the link clickable
The link isn't even valid.
In reply to: This is not a valid survey link. Please contact the author of the survey and have them resend you the correct link to this survey.
I checked because if I could ascertain where the gym (?) in question is located, then this will be moved to Regional Discussions.
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altelis
Apr 19, 2010, 2:15 PM
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I liked my response better- I think that your response was too "high brow" for him to understand...
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altelis
Apr 19, 2010, 3:01 PM
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haha. probably right 
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Mike22
Apr 19, 2010, 5:02 PM
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camhead
Apr 19, 2010, 5:24 PM
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Mike22 wrote: Hi sorry that the link did not work I was unaware of this and would not of posted it otherwise, If you wanted more information you only had to ask me and I would of be more than willing to provide you with it. This is my first time using this forum and so therefore I am still finding things out. The data can be easily monitored and any unwelcome responses are deleted with no trouble. This is an undergraduate study and it is for my own benefit, it is not be conducted for the gym. Mike
huh? undergrad? dissertation? What in the fuck are you talking about?
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Mike22
Apr 19, 2010, 5:33 PM
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camhead
Apr 19, 2010, 5:38 PM
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Mike22 wrote: [huh? undergrad? dissertation? What in the fuck are you talking about?] Read the rest of the posts before you start saying shit
Sorry, I'll be more clear. Are you writing a dissertation as an undergrad? This is not something that I am familiar with.
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bill413
Apr 19, 2010, 5:59 PM
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Mike22 wrote: Hi sorry that the link did not work I was unaware of this and would not of posted it otherwise, If you wanted more information you only had to ask me and I would of be more than willing to provide you with it. This is my first time using this forum and so therefore I am still finding things out. The data can be easily monitored and any unwelcome responses are deleted with no trouble. This is an undergraduate study and it is for my own benefit, it is not be conducted for the gym. Mike
So, no link, no survey yet?
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photoguy190
Apr 19, 2010, 6:00 PM
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What I would like to know. What is your "paper" on and what class is this for?
My money is on some business class and a simple project. Maybe looking at doing a business plan or something.
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gmggg
Apr 19, 2010, 6:06 PM
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Maybe Hallam is a clue? I found this: Sheffield Hallam University.
I don't think British English is a valid excuse for these posts though.
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johnwesely
Apr 19, 2010, 6:47 PM
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camhead wrote: Mike22 wrote: [huh? undergrad? dissertation? What in the fuck are you talking about?] Read the rest of the posts before you start saying shit Sorry, I'll be more clear. Are you writing a dissertation as an undergrad? This is not something that I am familiar with.
I know that a lot of people do a senior thesis in undergrad. Maybe he is talking about that?
And Camhead, please read the rest of the posts before you start saying shit. Do it for the children.
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Claypool
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Mike22 wrote: H i. I am a student at Hallam and I am conducting an informal study for my dissertation . I would appreciate it if those of you who have been to The Climbing Works (a climbing gym in the U.K.) would take a minute to complete the following questionnaire. If you have not been to The Climbing Works, please do not take the survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...yomGJorAfCg%3d (invalid link, please fix before submitting final draft) I would like to add that this survey is being conducted for my dissertation , and is not be ing conducted , endorsed or sponsored by The Climbing Works owners in any way. However, I greatly respect the owners and the services that they provide at their gym, and would appreciate any input that my fellow climbers could provide. Cheers, Mike
I fixed your post (mostly). Here's some other free pointers, spaced by category:
- If you're going to be running a survey, make sure that the link works.
- If the link doesn't work, and you get called out on it, don't get snappy with the people you're asking to do you a favor that they have no obligation to do.
- If you're going to get snappy with people, try not to do it to respected* members of the forum.
- If you're running a survey regarding a local business, try actually going to the local business and coordinating your efforts with the owners and/or managers, instead of coming to an international online forum and posting broken links.
- If you're claiming to write a dissertation, try using proper spelling, grammar and punctuation (regardless of if you speak The Queen's English or Real/American English).
- If you're actually writing your dissertation, run it through the writing lab. I'm sure the English major working in your University's writing department will have a field day with it.
- GO TEAM USA!
* "respected," in the context of this post, may have been used quite loosely. The definition is left for the reader to decide.
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altelis
Apr 21, 2010, 12:27 PM
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"F" for effort. As in, you fail for putting in any effort at all. 
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Claypool
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Unlike OP, writing is easy for me!
Also I need attention to feel like a valuable person :(
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squiros
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final draft:
hi, my name is michael starling and i don't go to school so i had time to do a survey. even "climbing works" doesn't care about my survey data, so whatever lol. my school only has one small department (engineering) and the rest of it is wtfbbq =)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=%2fg6Ai4ICXGlwwerBT%2birnJHYkXwUKJ09yomGJorAfCg%3d
this is for my own knowledge since i think "climbing works" is the best and i want everyone else to know. sorry, english is teh suxors but really, it's my school's fault.
any questions, please contact me here:
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Mike-Starling/1054124233
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mojomonkey
Apr 22, 2010, 12:34 PM
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Mike22 wrote: The data can be easily monitored and any unwelcome responses are deleted with no trouble.
If you are only accepting welcome data, why bother with a survey? Oh wait, is that why the link is useless?
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johnwesely
Apr 22, 2010, 12:37 PM
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mojomonkey wrote: Mike22 wrote: The data can be easily monitored and any unwelcome responses are deleted with no trouble. If you are only accepting welcome data, why bother with a survey? Oh wait, is that why the link is useless?
Ah, the rigors of science!
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j_ung
Apr 22, 2010, 2:39 PM
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Fine quoting, people! Applause, applause!
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bill413
Apr 22, 2010, 2:54 PM
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j_ung wrote: Fine quoting, people! Applause, applause!
As a part of that effort, thank you. As a community, we eventually learn.
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johnwesely
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[uote "bill413"]j_ung wrote: Fine quoting, people! Applause, applause!
As a part of that effort, thank you. As a community, we eventually learn.
Sorry to ruin it for you.
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