Mountain Biking - Could you spends few minutes to help me do a survey?

Hi, dear all mountain bike lovers

I am Josh, currently a postgraduate student on the MSc Strategic Marketing Course in
Leicester Business School, UK. Would you Please spend a few minutes
to fill in this questionnaire, which investigates the factors influencing mountain bike
purchase decision for my dissertation.
Link...

http://www.my3q.com/home2/113/chieftseng/64211.phtml


Your personal information will be kept confidential as I shall not be
divulging your personal details in my dissertation i.e. the e-mail address of an
individual.

It is grateful to give me a little help.

Cheers!

Josh

that is the worst survey ever. i stopped answering questions after the first page because they don't make sense. I don't know whether you are a native English speaker or not, but if you are not, you might want to have one of your colleagues who is go over the questions and fix the numerous problems.

Done.

Marital status:
Married Single Other


:roflmao:

I didn't understand about 1/3 of that.

Could be "divorced"?

"divorced"?
Then you'd still be single.

Or widowed

widowed?


edit: mcoine, you beat me by seconds!!! GAH! :p

Your first question makes sense, then it tells me jump to question 3 (i chose "yes") but apparently that's if I chose "No."

You need some of your colleagues to look over this :-P

--OK nvm that made sense after i read it 3 times. But my last comment still holds...

:roflmao:

I didn't understand about 1/3 of that.
thats the same problem i had

Aside from the fact that this survey assumes you only have ONE mountain bike, it wasn't too bad for someone who does not speak english as a first language. Who has only 1 MTB??

I only own one. Although, we have 3 in the family.

Aside from the fact that this survey assumes you only have ONE mountain bike, it wasn't too bad for someone who does not speak english as a first language. Who has only 1 MTB??


He is a PhD candidate. It's unacceptable.

I have a headache now... several questions i had to read many times to undertand what was being asked. and even still there were many times i went "ummmmmm 3?"

I have a headache now... several questions i had to read many times to undertand what was being asked. and even still there were many times i went "ummmmmm 3?"

why did it post twice?? i only clicked once.

If you don't want to take the survey, don't take it. Don't come here and start *****ing about how you can't understand it.

I agree. He now knows where he needs to fix it. People don't need to be continually bashed on in their own thread especially if they are meaning no harm to others. :)

Aside from the fact that this survey assumes you only have ONE mountain bike, it wasn't too bad for someone who does not speak english as a first language. Who has only 1 MTB??
Your right, sbw has 3 mtbs. I have well 1 and a half because Im building a second one.

Hi, thanks for everybody's advices. I am not a native speaker. In fact, the dissertation is an independent work, hence, supervisor will not give me too many advices. Supervisor's responsibility is ensure your survey questions are ethical. If you guys really could not understand the questions on the questionnair, that's my fault. However, if you can answer the most of qustions as you can, it is still useful to me. Thank you everybody here. Josh Tseng

Done, I think...

:roflmao:

I didn't understand about 1/3 of that.
de facto - legally recognised in many jursidictions but not all
same-sex relationships - civilly recognised but often not legally recognised in most jurisdictions

I think he did a good job with that survey, good job.

Your right, sbw has 3 mtbs. I have well 1 and a half because Im building a second one.


5 mtbs, baby brother. You forgot about my 2 rigids....;)

5 mtbs, baby brother. You forgot about my 2 rigids....;)
I think someone needs to get one of them dirty :rolleyes:

Josh-- You really must remake this survey. I stopped after the second question because I have several bikes, not just one. On your survey I could only choose one type of bike. Many people have more than one bike, so being able to choose more than one response in a must. Good luck.

+1

I am fine taking the time to make a survey, but i cannot complete it becasue it makes no sense. Sorry. You should have re-searched it more.

survey done, really not hard guys

survey done, really not hard guys

Seriously, it's not hard. Sure there is a couple of questions that may take a few times to read, but other than that it is fine...

joshtseng i wanted to help but i stop half way through just like some other ppl coz it makes no sense

How much time do you normally spend on information search?

WHAT? IN A YEAR? DAY?> WHAT? LIFE? SEASON?

joshtseng i wanted to help but i stop half way through just like some other ppl coz it makes no sense

How much time do you normally spend on information search?

WHAT? IN A YEAR? DAY?> WHAT? LIFE? SEASON?

Right, what I really mean on this question is talk about how much time do you spend on the purchase information search, normally, consumers will spent time to look for some product information before making a purchase decision.

Josh-- You really must remake this survey. I stopped after the second question because I have several bikes, not just one. On your survey I could only choose one type of bike. Many people have more than one bike, so being able to choose more than one response in a must. Good luck.

Hi, Ziemas

Very appreciate your advice! However, the questionnaire has been launched in several MTB forums (UK base and here) about 10 days ago, and until now the accumulative respondents are reach 150 people. (Target: 250) Hence, it has a difficulty to remake it. Sorry for my carelessness. If you guys don't mind, could you fill the questions based on your last purchase, and actually, this proposal is aim to investigate the key decision elements in mountain bikes consumers' 'evaluation of alternatives' and 'choice criteria' in purchasing bicycles. Therefore, what I really want to know is you guys' purchase reasons on MTB.

joshtseng, I think your doing a great job, keep up the good work :) Just curious though, why are you doing this survey on MTB? are you interested in buying one or just interested in the topic itself?

dissertation research

joshtseng, I think your doing a great job, keep up the good work :) Just curious though, why are you doing this survey on MTB? are you interested in buying one or just interested in the topic itself?

Thank you!

I am interested in MTB, but I am not a player. I riding a MTB is for recreation or go shopping purposes.
The most important thing is that I am going to work for 'GIANT Bicycle' in Taiwan after graduated. I would like myself to engage more on the MTB.
I also interested in consumer behaviour in marketing region, so I combined another interest(MTB) to be the topic on my dissertation.

Thank you!

I am interested in MTB, but I am not a player. I riding a MTB is for recreation or go shopping purposes.
The most important thing is that I am going to work for 'GIANT Bicycle' in Taiwan after graduated. I would like myself to engage more on the MTB.
I also interested in consumer behaviour in marketing region, so I combined another interest(MTB) to be the topic on my dissertation.

If you're planning to work in the industry, one of the best things you could do is stick around on the forums (here or elsewhere, anywhere that's really active) and just start participating - you won't get much quantifiable information that would be useful for school, but you would learn a lot about preferences and attitudes that very few of your future colleagues do!

Plus, you'll have a great time...

If you're planning to work in the industry, one of the best things you could do is stick around on the forums (here or elsewhere, anywhere that's really active) and just start participating - you won't get much quantifiable information that would be useful for school, but you would learn a lot about preferences and attitudes that very few of your future colleagues do!

Plus, you'll have a great time...

Cool, Thank you for your practical advice. People who in the specific forums, such as Bike Forums, are the front line of bicycle market. I believe what you said about learning cyclists' preferences and attitudes here. Those factors will be the most important things to the bicycle company.

Also, the more you ride (and the more kinds of riding you do), the more you will learn... you'll be able to bring something to the table that not a lot of people in Taiwan can...

joshtseng i wanted to help but i stop half way through just like some other ppl coz it makes no sense

How much time do you normally spend on information search?

WHAT? IN A YEAR? DAY?> WHAT? LIFE? SEASON?

I had to stop reading you post halfway through. Learn to ****ing write.

No more racial slurs, now keep it clean.

Konarider24
Forum Moderator

No more racial slurs, now keep it clean.

Konarider24
Forum Moderator

THX

I reached #50 and asked when does this thing end? I bailed out. Combining questions such as asking if 'advertisement and visiting a LBS influenced your decision' are pointless since it assumes individuals visiting an LBS are influenced by advertisements. I was not aware that the British Pound was the most common monetary value. I thought the Euro or Dollar were more common. Finally, inventing new words for a survey (not found in Websters) is not a smart thing to do.

that is the worst survey ever. i stopped answering questions after the first page because they don't make sense. I don't know whether you are a native English speaker or not, but if you are not, you might want to have one of your colleagues who is go over the questions and fix the numerous problems.same experience. i tried to be nice and kept going until like section f, but the questions got dumber and dumber.

same experience. i tried to be nice and kept going until like section f, but the questions got dumber and dumber.

Right! Mr.SaintAndrew. As you said, Dumber and Dumber? In my opinion, you must be a clever guy.
So, why don't you give me some advices just like ZachS did. He blamed my survery designed but also gave me some advices. How about you?

Are you using babelfish or something?

I think a great deal of the distaste comes from your use of the English language. Just like your previous post:

"Right! Mr.SaintAndrew. As you said, Dumber and Dumber? In my opinion, you must be a clever guy.
So, why don't you give me some advices just like ZachS did. He blamed my survery designed but also gave me some advices. How about you?"

What you should have said was:

"Right! Mr.SaintAndrew....So, why don't you give me some advice just like ZachS did. He blamed my survey design, but has also given me some constructive advice. Why can't you?"

If your survey doesn't flow freely, then it becomes a burdon to read.