Video games research project

[Roogle]

The study is looking for facts and the questions can only paint gaming in a bad light if people answer them that way. And if people are being honest and it does show that gamers don't sleep enough, it's not because the survey is trying to portray gamers as one thing or another, it's because it's true.

Yes, but it is understandable that others would feel uncomfortable if a survey and its researchers study negative aspects of a common pasttime.

[Aerith's Knight]

why is the guy banned?

[Roogle]

why is the guy banned?

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[edczxcvbnm]

I am with Roto 100%. I am glad I have moved further away from gaming in the past few years because it seems like more and more gamers are being complete wackjobs about all of this stuff all the time.

The subway Jarred thing from a few years ago is one of those again. Don't be so offended and make unfounded correlations.

[Madame Adequate]

EDIT: Paranoid much? The best thing you can do about that is answer the questions honestly yourself. Withholding your own answers isn't going to help anything.

No, I'm not paranoid. I do have legitimate concerns about how any research in the social sciences is done. I do not even believe that calling them the social 'sciences' is warranted; they are subject to far more in the way of interpretation, perspective, and oftentimes incompetence than most people realize. The hard sciences are bad enough. Trying to write off my thoughts on this matter as paranoia isn't very classy, as an aside.

[Roto13]

So you're gonna fix it by not participating. Awesome.

[Madame Adequate]

So you're gonna fix it by not participating. Awesome.

If I am correct in my beliefs then my participation could not improve matters.

[Markus. D]

why is the guy banned?

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10 Australian dollars says he doesn't log in again.

[Nominus Experse]

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[Flying Mullet]

Yes, it does seem to focus on the negative effects of excessive gaming, but that's probably what they're testing for. I think the survey would have been better built had they interspersed "happy" statements like "I wake up in the morning full of energy" and "I often think of ways to make people around me smile." It's a pet peeve of mine when I can see why a survey is asking the questions in a certain theme and it makes me want to answer incorrectly to skew their results because they're insulting my intelligence.

[Karellen]

The OP has discussed the validity of the survey on other forums, if anyone is interested in the justification behind it.