Need Volunteers for Anthropology Thesis Research.

Hello Gaiscíoch Family!
This is Michael Perez (Balry) a graduate student from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) doing an M.A. thesis on online gaming communities. I am happy to say that my research study entitled "MMO Gaming Culture: An Online Gaming Family" has been FULLY APPROVED by BOTH the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and my thesis committee. 
This means that now comes the part where I become more active within the community to search for volunteers for the research study.

You should be able to close this survey and continue working on it later if you visit the same link provided above.
Thanks!

Hi Balry,

I'm happy to do either. Which is more useful to you? I know from my own studies at University that a survey can be rather limited sometimes, so if an interview would be more helpful I'm more than happy to do that instead of the survey.

I'm also in Australia, are you looking at the family as a whole or only the community in relation to physical location - ie. those in America?

Filled out your on line survey -whew!.... glad to help!

THANK YOU MORIGANA!!!

I know its lengthy, I greatly appreciate it.

Yay! I helped :3>

Thank you Kitty!

Survey done!

Survey filled out.  Hope you enjoy your results!  *Not expecting anything too weird, but you never know what bananas will get thrown to a monkey like that one!*

Thank you Soren and Jairone!

and lol Jairone.

Have been busy the last couple days learning a new job and gaming to let the brain digest things in the background, but plan on filling out your survey.  =)  Maybe over coffee in the morning.

Survey done. Good luck with your thesis. :)

Thank you Rylssa!!

Don't worry Briseadh take your time. You should be able to complete a part and then go back to it as long as you don't delete your browser cookies.... now I want dessert.... 

Filled out the survey :)

Got it done just now.  =)  Figured I just wanted to get it out of the way before life took me rolling along somewhere else and I forgot I said I would.  ::chuckles::

Survey taken.  Good luck on your thesis.

Thank you so much Cyrexae, Donaliam, and Briseadh.

:)

Hey!

Very interesting! I would love to participate and, if I may, ask you some questions about it too ;) So a scheduled voice-chat inteview would be best?

I'll try to contact you on ESO or, in case it slips my mind, you can contact me: id= @Levyatha

Hope to speak with you soon!

Thank you Levya! I sent you a message through the Gaiscioch website's mailing system and on ESO as well.

I will be waiting for you response!

Will fill out survey within the next few days :) Sorry for the delay!

On the list of things to do. Likely this weekend.

Thank you Hex and Ekadzati!

I still need more participants in order to have a "representative sample"!!!
but we are going at a steady and sure pace!

Thank you all!

Just filled out the survey

I put a note in my phone to fill this out when I get home this evening...

I just completed the survey.  I hope I'm not too late.  Good luck!

I'm new, but I chimed in via the survey. Good luck with your Thesis!

Completed my survey today

Survey done. Am also willing to do interview.

Thank you Botak, Tricks, Isha, Ozolin, and Hygeliac!

Hygeliac the if you did the survey then you are good to go.
The interviews are a modified version of the survey as it allows me to have more control over the data being gathered and make sure that the participant is responding my research questions directly.  

In other words you get to do interview or survey not really both as to avoid duplicate data.

Thanks!

Please know we are still looking for more participants!!. The more the merrier! :)

Finally got time to go through this mate. Interesting, thought provoking questions. Even for an Aussie!

Good luck with it all

Balry doesn't bite during the interviews! :D  It was quite fun to talk about our favorite gaming family. :)

I'm glad you think so Grimnir! Thank you for filling it out!
and I am very glad you thought well of the interview. I was worried it would sound demanding and cold. Thanks again loved the interview data! :P

If you are late to this please don't hesitate to contact me or fill out the survey! Thanks!!

Done.  But now my fingers hurt and my brain is numb. :)  Glad to help.

Thank you so much Sairesh!!

Thanks to all that have participated. If you have not and want to participate please do not hesitate to contact me to schedule an interview or click below to complete the survey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MMOGamingCultureReasearch

Thanks!

I actually enjoyed this a lot! It really made me sit down and think about what this Family means to me and the game! I'd love to see your research when it is concluded.

Thanks Electricmayhem! I am glad you drew something from my questions. I will definitely share my work with all of you once it is finished.

Thanks