Festival Research

[Rosamory]

Hi everyone!! I'm doing research for my dissertation on sustainability at Glastonbury Festival. I would really appreciate it if those who have been to the Festival in the last 5 years could fill it out for me. Thank you!!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5PBP3FY

[r0cky]

Is Q2 a trick question?

[sisterofmercy]

Done

[glasto-worker]

Is Q2 a trick question?

[Digi]

Well spotted - you have to wonder if some of these people have ever been or aware that there is gap years.

I was thinking about doing a survey on how many surveys there has been this year.

[dan05delaney]

... or a survery exploring how many people are choosing Glastonbury for their dissertation! What degrees are all these folks doing? I've obviously been studying the wrong subject!!

[glasto-worker]

done

and there seems to be a lot more surveys this year?!?!

i know my sister is doing an travel and event management degree and they look at Glastonbury and other festivals as part of that

[G1T]

"Every year, animals are injured and die as a result of left over tent pegs."

It's happened, sure. But every year? Got a source for that?

[r0cky]

I was thinking about doing a survey on how many surveys there has been this year.

[strummer77]

Well spotted - you have to wonder if some of these people have ever been or aware that there is gap years.

I was thinking about doing a survey on how many surveys there has been this year.

[ramragon]

done.

i agree with love the farm leave no trace as do so many others but its a real eye opener when you pack up all your stuff monday morning and realise all the piles of crap that have been left by people who've gone before you. very sad to see

[LondonTom]

done

and there seems to be a lot more surveys this year?!?!

i know my sister is doing an travel and event management degree and they look at Glastonbury and other festivals as part of that

Edited March 28, 2010 by LondonTom

[strolling wanderer]

Completed.

Do I win a prize for having completed my tenth dissertation survey so far this year?

[glasto-worker]

He might mean the last 5 years it has been on?

[r0cky]

He might mean the last 5 years it has been on?

[Rosamory]

Is Q2 a trick question?

[Rosamory]

Completed.

Do I win a prize for having completed my tenth dissertation survey so far this year?

[Rosamory]

"Every year, animals are injured and die as a result of left over tent pegs."

It's happened, sure. But every year? Got a source for that?

[Rosamory]

You are missing the point.

Some people will have ticked five times and some will have ticked four times and the person setting the survey would be none the wiser as to who has answered correctly even although they may have all attended every Glastonbury since the 1 st of January 2004.

Its dead easy as any statistician will tell you GIGO { Garbage In, Garbage Out }

You get around it by asking a clear question such as ' How many times have you attended since the 1 st of January 2000 ? ' or if you are only interested in the last five actual events then How many times have you attended since the 1 st of January 2004.

He/She also assume that everyone has attended at least one event - try to leave question 2 blank and it will display this message ' This question requires an answer. '

By the way what did you give for your answer to question two ? { without making any assumptions }

[Rosamory]

... or a survery exploring how many people are choosing Glastonbury for their dissertation! What degrees are all these folks doing? I've obviously been studying the wrong subject!!

[LusciousLucy]

Haha. There's sure been a lot of surveys this year. I noticed that someone commented in the 'wibble' forum that we could do with a dissertation sub-forum!

[Rosamory]

Whilst Rosamory may well have meant that, a natural interpretation doesn't suggest so. It still leads to the main point that glasto-worker has highlighted.

There was another question which seemed a little strange to me as well:

If you answer 'no' to this, you then are asked to state your reasons for not peeing in the hedges etc.

[r0cky]

You're asked to state your reasons for answering no to the final question : Do you think they are an effective method of discouraging such behaviour?

I appreciate your feedback by the way, I'm not a professional researcher so there's bound to be flaws!! It's all really useful, thank you!!

[Rosamory]

Sorry about, I must've misread it, thought it was if you'd answered no to any of the questions.