Possible Statistical Analysis Surver for Speedcubers

[Fobo911]

I wonder who would say no...

 

[Sa967St]

this seems interesting, I'd be willing to take the survey

 

[waffle=ijm]

why not? (post to short)

 

[Dene]

Oh sure, and for those not from the USA? There are other countries in the world, you know.

Canada?

;-)

Chris

I don't get it, do they have the same tests in Canada?

 

[cmhardw]

I don't get it, do they have the same tests in Canada?

No, I was just joking about the general American mindset. That wasn't really a comment targeted at anybody in general, just making fun of myself and my fellow Americans ;-)

Chris

 

[F.P.]

I'd leave out the IQ question. Many people are going to reply and give themselves a high IQ, no matter what.

Honestly, do people even get IQ tests anymore? I mean actual IQ tests, not advanced placements tests or anything.

Actually yes...IQ testing is more popluar now than before; it's used for children at school and people who have problems at work.
And there are a lot of people out there who just want to know their IQ, join the Mensa (which offers a very cheap intelligence test).

Didn't you recognise this whole "brain"-boom?
Memo-sports, mental calculation, "brain-jogging", speed reading, logic puzzles, IQ tests, general brain-fitness etc.



I guess it would be easier for you if this would be a test with multiple answers, where people taking the test have to choose one or two per question. Otherwise some people might write little essays about what they like doing in their freetime.

 

[Lofty]

Well, sure I was being serious, but Mr. rjohnson_8ball did give a nice explanation.

You should be careful that you avoid questions where the options are not exhastive of all possibilities (or at least give an "other" choice for when either of the options really doesn't someone).

BTW: Mr. Loftus you know me so well

Come on how long have I known you Dene?
If you didn't live so far away and weren't so opposed to friends I'm sure we would be great friends.

 

[Carson]

Sure, I'll do it. Try to make questions like "rate your work ethic" less open-ended, or you'll have a lot of trouble compiling results.

The questions will be much more detailed than what I listed on the first page. That was just something I threw together so everyone could get a good idea of what kind of data I will be trying to collect. Also, any questions that ask the subject to "rate" something about themselves will be given a "1-10" scale to choose from, so as not to have a bunch of "it's ok, but not that good lol" answers.

A lot of people found out about cubing because they're interested in other things involving finger dexterity (i.e. pen spinning, ffr, card manipulation and countless other things), you could have a question involving that. Programming also has a few things in common with cubing, also maybe performance in maths.

Is there any particular reason you're making a survey for cubers?

I suppose there are a lot of side interests that I had not considered. This question will probably involve a two blocks of checkboxes in which users can choose all of there interests. One block will be "pre-cubing" and the other will be "since they began cubing." I will also add something about "what" got "you" into cubing.

As for the WHY question: I have noticed that a lot of cubers have similiar interests and also appear to have a similiar mindset. This is really a way for me to satisfy my own curiousity, but I imagine that many other cubers would be equally interested.

Just keep in mind that your sample population are cubers who are also computer users, and in addition to that users of this forum. This might skew the results a bit.

Chris

Of course, he could also get random cubers to take the survey, at a competition or a cuber meetup.

Noted. I had not considered handing this out at competitions, but I believe that is an excellant idea.

Or just give the survey to people to distribute to all the cubers that they know.
I'd be interested in the results and so I'll be willing to answer any questions like that.

Great Idea... I will provide a written form in .pdf most likely that anyone may print out and have there "non-computer using cubing friends" fill out and then enter into the database for them.

As for work ethic, as a little sidenote you should ask a side question about procrastination, because my work ethic is good once I start something (start at last minute )

Noted. Procrastination will be included in some form or fashion.

I have a problem with this question:

[*]If you had to choose, would you prefer one best friend, or many casual friends

I don't want any friends at all.
I find this a very common thing to happen in many psychological tests (usually on personality). It's always the same: "many, or few?" It's never "none?"

I will be sure to include all possible options, or at least an other choice, for all questions. Additionally, if you spend some time at this site, you may change your mind about wanting friends.

I'd leave out the IQ question. Many people are going to reply and give themselves a high IQ, no matter what.

Honestly, do people even get IQ tests anymore? I mean actual IQ tests, not advanced placements tests or anything.

Maybe a better indication would be ACT/SAT scores, if available?
I don't take much stock in any kind of test for intelligence so I'd rather see nothing about tests on the survey.

This is something to consider. I would like to find some way to get a ballpark estimate of the intelligence of cubers in general. I suppose finding an adequate measure of this may be difficult.



It looks like there is a ton of interest in this, so I will get started right away. I may be pm'ing a few of you with drafts of the survey to see what you think of it. I am by no means an expert in this matter and will not shy away from anyone's offer to help.

 

[nitrocan]

About the IQ thing, I'd say every SPEEDcuber is above average since the cube would attract everyone, but the clever one's are the one's who are truly capable of taking it one step further. Average people just tend to give it up because they think it's boring.

 

[Escher]

lol i would love to think that is true but to look at some of the posts by newbies here...

 

[CAT13]

Are there any acceptable IQ tests on the internet that I can take? Because I know that there are a ton of BS tests that are... well, BS.

 

[Dene]

I will be sure to include all possible options, or at least an other choice, for all questions. Additionally, if you spend some time at this site, you may change your mind about wanting friends.

I can assure you hugs do not appeal to me - unless it's my cats.

Lofty: It's only really been since about January... not that long.

 

[Carson]

I will be sure to include all possible options, or at least an other choice, for all questions. Additionally, if you spend some time at this site, you may change your mind about wanting friends.

I can assure you hugs do not appeal to me - unless it's my cats.

Lofty: It's only really been since about January... not that long.

Perhaps a few questions regarding favorite animals and pets then...

 

[Lofty]

I will be sure to include all possible options, or at least an other choice, for all questions. Additionally, if you spend some time at this site, you may change your mind about wanting friends.

I can assure you hugs do not appeal to me - unless it's my cats.

Lofty: It's only really been since about January... not that long.

Only january? I thought it was much longer. since by january I had been cubing for like 9 months... oh well.
Animals could be good to add.

 

[Dene]

Good idea! Animals ftw.

And yes Lofty, only January. (that was when the stickam thing happened, I only joined the forums mid-december)

 

[JohnnyA]

I would answer this. If you do create it, a pm would be nice because I rarely check the off-topic.

 

[d4m4s74]

I'd fill it in
what are the "personal" questions, because I don't see anything I would mind being public

also, with languages, do non-official languages (Klingon) and programming languages count?
(not that I speak klingon)

 

[shelley]

I would answer this. If you do create it, a pm would be nice because I rarely check the off-topic.

You could have just sent Carson a PM instead of thread-necro-ing. Assuming he hasn't already either finished the survey or given up on it, seeing as this thread happened about three months ago.

 

[nitrocan]

Here is a suggestion for the thread reviving: If the thread the user is about to post a reply to is older than a month, there should be a message box saying "Are you sure you want to post to an old thread" or something like that.