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Lifestyle Questionnaire

intro.psych (Psyco 105) Discussion: Group 1 Discussion Group: Methods: Sites to Visit: Lifestyle Questionnaire
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Connie Varnhagen (Admin) on Tuesday, September 1, 1998 - 02:23 pm:

What is your lifestyle? What advice are you given? Click the back button on your browser and answer the questions to obtain the highest score you can. How might bias in self-reporting affect the results of an experiment using a questionnaire like this one?
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By Ivanka on Monday, September 14, 1998 - 11:50 am:

I completed this questionaire three times. The first time I used honest replies, the second was to obtain the highest possible score and the third was to obtain the lowest possible score. I was given approximately the same score each time. Of course, the major fault or problem with this method of testing is that the person being tested could lie to obtain a high score. Even if the person does not mean to stretch the truth, they still might subconsciously answer questions favoribly so that their score is better. Sometimes on tests like this people have a predetermined idea of where their score should be and their answers tend to go in that direction wether it is the honest answer or not.


By Jep on Monday, September 14, 1998 - 11:35 pm:

I also tried this questionaire a few times and believed it to be very vague. The scores you were given and the explanations basically said nothing. It was like a bad horoscope. I do believe that some of these questionaires are valid, if you do not have something as impersonal as computer "grading" you. Even though there is room for error and bias with actual people doing the "evaluating" they might have more to say and they will also take more and different things into account before jumping to very vague conclusions.


By Jep on Monday, September 14, 1998 - 11:41 pm:

Who wants to summarize this week. I can do it and then we can take turns after that and each of us can do one every third week. Sound good? Let me know.


By Ivanka on Tuesday, September 15, 1998 - 12:24 pm:

Jep - Where's mike? Anyway, that sounds great. I can be next.


By Jep on Tuesday, September 15, 1998 - 02:53 pm:

I'm not to sure where mike is but if he doesn't show up before 2 tomorrow, I can do the summary for just the two of us around 1:00 or so before class. Do you know what the deal is with the summary? Are we just supposed to "summarize" hence the word, what was discussed in here? or do I draw a conclusion?


By Jep on Tuesday, September 15, 1998 - 02:53 pm:

I'm not to sure where mike is but if he doesn't show up before 2 tomorrow, I can do the summary for just the two of us around 1:00 or so before class. Do you know what the deal is with the summary? Are we just supposed to "summarize" hence the word, what was discussed in here? or do I draw a conclusion?


By Ivanka on Tuesday, September 15, 1998 - 08:40 pm:

Jep - I'm guessing by the wording in the syllabus that it should be both. Maybe summarize what we said and then draw a conclusion. It has to be 1/2 to 1 page long so that to me means that it should be more than just a paraphrase.


By Mike on Tuesday, September 15, 1998 - 09:41 pm:

Sorry, folks! Trying to figure out exactly how this discussion is supposed to proceed. It's kind of confusing.

Anyway, the questionaire was longer than I expected, but not long enough for any accurate conclusions to be drawn from it. Maybe it should have better choices because most of the time my answer didn't really fit into the catagories provided. It was much too general to be useful. A better scoring system is definitely needed.


By Jep on Tuesday, September 15, 1998 - 10:25 pm:

Summary
It seems that these questionaires, are not accurate and not very specific. By having generalized answers to choose from it is very difficult to answer accuratly. These questionaires, may be more useful for entertainment, rather than practical use. When we tried to get certain answers from this the scores were very similar even when deliberatly trying to get high or low scores. When these are used it is very easy for someone to lie so they are able to get the answer they want. It is also possible that an unintentional bias will show up when answering these questions just by subconsiously swaying your answers.


By Patricia on Wednesday, September 16, 1998 - 03:45 pm:

First of all, given the newness of the discussion setup, I congratulate you on getting your discussion moving. Everyone contributed eventually. Comments throughout your discussion were good. I found the summary you submitted was a little superficial and didn't delve into some of the concise and interesting statements that were made in your discussion. (e.g., "a better scoring system is needed") What might make the scoring system better? Your groups' results on the test didn't show much change even when deliberately trying to sway the scores. This suggests the test is bias resistant, yet a main objection in the summary is that someone can lie to change the results. How can you explain the discrepancy between what you believe (the test can be biased) and what you actually found when taking the test (the scores didn't change much)? I would like to see a little deeper analysis of issues like this. On the whole, it's a good first effort and I'm sure as you get more used to the discussion format I'll be seeing the depth of discussion I'm looking for. Remember, you are only marked on 10 out of 11 topics so if you submit for all topics you can forego one score if your not happy with it. Tips for next time - carefully cover points made by everyone during the discussion and make sure you directly address the questions attached to the site. Grade 1+


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