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the OSU GAMA Games Research Survey

Started by dar, May 29, 2007, 11:53:43 PM

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dar

May 29, 2007, 11:53:43 PM
Didn't see this elsewhere. Searched and everything.

'The Games Research Project' by OSU, GAMA, and 'The Wargamer' is up. It's a survey   that takes about 30 - 45 minutes. I'm not sure how important it is but I'm very interested in the results. I thought the crowd here would be interested.

Saw it at the Ogre's Cave blog.

joewolz

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May 30, 2007, 01:56:20 AM
I saw it at gamingreport.  I did my part.  Have you done yours?
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JongWK

#2
May 30, 2007, 07:54:29 PM
Done.
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~~Gary Gygax (1938 - 2008)

James J Skach

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May 30, 2007, 11:04:16 PM
Done.
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arminius

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May 31, 2007, 04:32:43 PM
Started it, got disgusted by the questions, stopped.

I remember when the results of the first survey were reported. I wasn't very impressed with the public analysis, partly because the analyst made some claims that aren't supported by the data, partly because the survey itself seems to be flawed.

The state of the survey may be due to the fact that GAMA was allowed to influence the design. But whatever benefit they get from their influence, they're going to keep to themselves: the professional marketing analysis is going to be provided to GAMA members only.

dar

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May 31, 2007, 05:19:43 PM
WTF? That sucks.

Did they release the raw data?

I'm more interested in the raw data anyway.

I'm not so concerned that GAMA influenced it. What wrong thing do you suspect they are pushing for? I might care more then.

arminius

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May 31, 2007, 06:36:24 PM
No, as far as I know, the only publicly-available results in terms of data or analysis are in the article I linked, plus the related forum thread.

The problem with GAMA influence is that they broadened the scope of the survey without considering how it would be received by the respondents. Put simply, there are a lot of questions in the survey whose meaning is unclear. In the original survey, I'm thinking of the use of the term "immersion", which means wildly different things to different people. In the current survey, there are classes of games that I don't know what they are. What is an "RPG war game"? Different people are going to check that box while thinking about entirely different types of games.

And even if I do know what each item means, the "eyes glaze over" effect from the ridiculously long lists makes me doubt that people are able to respond accurately.
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