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Date: 20 Mar 2007 18:00:03
From: genedipaula1
Subject: Help with my Master's Thesis
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My name is Gene DiPaula and I am a graduate student in the Department
of Mass Communication and Communication Studies at Towson University.
As part of the research for my master's thesis, I am conducting a
survey to determine how people feel about their favorite professional
athletes. If you choose to participate in my project, you will be
asked to complete a short survey. It is not necessary to answer every
question, and you may discontinue your participation in the project
at
any time. The survey can be found at http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2265ZG8BJQG.
If you choose to participate in the study, your participation will be
completely confidential. Neither anyone reading the results of the
survey nor I will be able to identify you. Please do not put your
name
on the survey form. As an incentive to participate, you will be
eligible to win a $100 gift card to your choice of Dick's Sporting
Goods, The Sports Authority or espn.com. One winner will be chosen at
random. In order to be eligible, you must provide an e-mail address
at
the end of the survey. We assure you that the e-mail address will
only
be used to notify you in the case that you are the winner of the gift
card. It will not be attached to your answers in the survey, or
otherwise be used to identify you. Your e-mail address will not be
sold or given to anyone and will be immediately deleted from our
database once the winner of the gift card has been determined.
If you have any questions about the project, you may contact me at
(410) 402-2063, my faculty advisor, Dr. Sean Baker at (410) 704-5856,
or the Chairperson of Towson University's Institutional Review Board
for the Protection of Human Participants, Dr. Patricia M. Alt, at
(410) 704-2236. A copy of the results of the survey, reported in
aggregate form, will be available to you upon completion of my
project, if you would like to see it.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Gene DiPaula
Graduate Student, Towson University, www.towson.edu
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Date: 24 Mar 2007 11:47:58
From: RicodJour
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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Kieran wrote:
> RicodJour wrote:
>
> > Towson doesn't have a "Mass Communication and Communications Studies"
> > Department.
>
> http://wwwnew.towson.edu/mccs/
That web site was set up by hackers from a rival Communications
Studies university. Didn't you get the email?
Does anyone still read the entire thread before posting, or is that a
lost art?
R
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Date: 25 Mar 2007 02:57:35
From: Bob Schwartz
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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RicodJour wrote:
> Kieran wrote:
>> RicodJour wrote:
>>
>>> Towson doesn't have a "Mass Communication and Communications Studies"
>>> Department.
>> http://wwwnew.towson.edu/mccs/
>
> That web site was set up by hackers from a rival Communications
> Studies university. Didn't you get the email?
>
> Does anyone still read the entire thread before posting, or is that a
> lost art?
No one pays any attention to schools that don't have a
hockey team. And no, Field Hockey doesn't count. Any
more than Lite Beer counts as beer.
Bob Schwartz
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Date: 24 Mar 2007 20:48:56
From: Tom Kunich
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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"RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com > wrote in message
news:1174762078.658139.232030@e1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Kieran wrote:
>> RicodJour wrote:
>>
>> > Towson doesn't have a "Mass Communication and Communications Studies"
>> > Department.
>>
>> http://wwwnew.towson.edu/mccs/
>
> That web site was set up by hackers from a rival Communications
> Studies university. Didn't you get the email?
>
> Does anyone still read the entire thread before posting, or is that a
> lost art?
Can you explain the "prize" thing if it wasn't designed solely for ket
research and developing a mailing list?
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Date: 23 Mar 2007 10:56:17
From: HankB
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 22, 4:08 pm, Curtis L. Russell <cur...@md-bicycling.org > wrote:
>
> So that's why I don't answer the survey myself. At some point, they
> snuff the subjects. Yeah, sure, they give you a dollar bill and maybe
> put you in a drawing for a free gift, then one day their study is over
> and someone comes along and snaps your neck. Not me, brother...
Or maybe you just want us to *think* that so you can have a chance at
that $100 prize all to yourself!
Very clever. You're clearly no dumbass!
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 12:55:24
From: RicodJour
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 22, 3:51 pm, Curtis L. Russell <cur...@md-bicycling.org > wrote:
> On 22 2007 11:33:35 -0700, "RicodJour" <ricodj...@worldemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Exactly. Maybe the study is on Usenet or on Usenet as a subset of
> >fans in general. Either way, it's a s(k){cr}ewed up way of getting
> >representative sampling.
>
> Or it isn't the priy study. I'm somewhat associated with three
> current grad students and not one of the two master or the doctorate
> theses are the priy study. I think you really need to know where
> they are in the whole panorama of what they are working with to know
> whether this is hopelessly skewed. Sometimes you're the grad student
> working with the characteristics of the skewed population.
I'm not sure if I buy into the "two curves make a straight", but keep
talking - maybe you'll convince me. ;)
R
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 15:36:00
From: Howard Kveck
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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In article <1174593324.471440.190120@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com >,
"RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com > wrote:
> On 22, 3:51 pm, Curtis L. Russell <cur...@md-bicycling.org> wrote:
> > On 22 2007 11:33:35 -0700, "RicodJour" <ricodj...@worldemail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Exactly. Maybe the study is on Usenet or on Usenet as a subset of
> > >fans in general. Either way, it's a s(k){cr}ewed up way of getting
> > >representative sampling.
> >
> > Or it isn't the priy study. I'm somewhat associated with three
> > current grad students and not one of the two master or the doctorate
> > theses are the priy study. I think you really need to know where
> > they are in the whole panorama of what they are working with to know
> > whether this is hopelessly skewed. Sometimes you're the grad student
> > working with the characteristics of the skewed population.
>
> I'm not sure if I buy into the "two curves make a straight", but keep
> talking - maybe you'll convince me. ;)
Two wrongs don't make a right but three lefts do.
--
tanx,
Howard
Never take a tenant with a monkey.
remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 12:53:50
From: RicodJour
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 22, 2:51 pm, Kyle Legate <lega...@hotmail.com > wrote:
> RicodJour wrote:
>
> > I thought the whole idea of conducting surveys was that they were
> > supposed to be representative of a certain segment of the population
> > and not created in a way that builds in the bias. The wording the OP
> > chose, the commercial zoomerang site as portal, non-toll free numbers
> > for "verification" (I'm cheap as well as suspicious), etc., all create
> > significant bias from the get go. Does that seem like an acceptable
> > manner to attract survey participants to you?
>
> The OP should have submitted it to social bookking sites and create a
> number of dummy accounts to vote it onto the front page. Nobody said a
> masters should be easy.
Indeed. Now that I know that Curtis is affiliated I feel much better
about screwing around with the study.
Q: How do you feel about your favorite athletes?
A: Much the same way that G=FCnter Parche felt about Steffi Graf. I'm
willing to kill for them.
Or maybe a riff on Arlo Guthrie and the army psychiatrist...
R
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 17:08:59
From: Curtis L. Russell
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 22 2007 12:53:50 -0700, "RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com >
wrote:
>Indeed. Now that I know that Curtis is affiliated I feel much better
>about screwing around with the study.
>
>Q: How do you feel about your favorite athletes?
>A: Much the same way that Günter Parche felt about Steffi Graf. I'm
>willing to kill for them.
>
>Or maybe a riff on Arlo Guthrie and the army psychiatrist...
Uh, no - I know them and almost understand what they are talking about
if they keep it simple. And the one master candidate just killed her
mice. I think she's finished.
So that's why I don't answer the survey myself. At some point, they
snuff the subjects. Yeah, sure, they give you a dollar bill and maybe
put you in a drawing for a free gift, then one day their study is over
and someone comes along and snaps your neck. Not me, brother...
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
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Date: 23 Mar 2007 09:32:51
From: Donald Munro
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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Curtis L. Russell wrote:
> So that's why I don't answer the survey myself. At some point, they
> snuff the subjects. Yeah, sure, they give you a dollar bill and maybe
> put you in a drawing for a free gift, then one day their study is over
> and someone comes along and snaps your neck. Not me, brother...
But what if the incentive is free Belgian beer for the duration of the
study ?
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Date: 23 Mar 2007 09:39:13
From: Curtis L. Russell
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On Fri, 23 2007 09:32:51 +0200, Donald Munro
<fat-dumbass@hotmail.com > wrote:
>Curtis L. Russell wrote:
>> So that's why I don't answer the survey myself. At some point, they
>> snuff the subjects. Yeah, sure, they give you a dollar bill and maybe
>> put you in a drawing for a free gift, then one day their study is over
>> and someone comes along and snaps your neck. Not me, brother...
>
>
>But what if the incentive is free Belgian beer for the duration of the
>study ?
I'll need to know how long the study is going to be to make the proper
decision.
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 11:33:35
From: RicodJour
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 22, 2:09 pm, Sticky Wicket <S...@home.com > wrote:
> On 22/3/07 7:28 AM, in article
> 1174570083.994908.291...@p15g2000hsd.googlegroups.com, "RicodJour"
>
> <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote:
>
> [deleted section]
>
> > That brings up an interesting question.
> > Does the school dictate which survey site to use and does that
> > generate click-through income for them?
>
> > I thought the whole idea of conducting surveys was that they were
> > supposed to be representative of a certain segment of the population
> > and not created in a way that builds in the bias. The wording the OP
> > chose, the commercial zoomerang site as portal, non-toll free numbers
> > for "verification" (I'm cheap as well as suspicious), etc., all create
> > significant bias from the get go. Does that seem like an acceptable
> > manner to attract survey participants to you?
>
> One of the ideas conducting surveys is that they are representative of a
> certain segment of the population, but that is often impossible. It is also
> usually expensive (note that they guy is Master's student, he almost
> certainly does not have the funds to pay for a random telephone survey,
> especially on this topic). The major source of bias here would be that he
> asked for replies from usenet groups (especially so for other sports). Do
> the readers of rec.sport.basketball.pro represent professional basketball
> fans? Certainly not. The other sources of bias you mention would be
> insignificant relative to the usenet source of bias.
Exactly. Maybe the study is on Usenet or on Usenet as a subset of
fans in general. Either way, it's a s(k){cr}ewed up way of getting
representative sampling.
R
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 15:51:09
From: Curtis L. Russell
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 22 2007 11:33:35 -0700, "RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com >
wrote:
>Exactly. Maybe the study is on Usenet or on Usenet as a subset of
>fans in general. Either way, it's a s(k){cr}ewed up way of getting
>representative sampling.
Or it isn't the priy study. I'm somewhat associated with three
current grad students and not one of the two master or the doctorate
theses are the priy study. I think you really need to know where
they are in the whole panorama of what they are working with to know
whether this is hopelessly skewed. Sometimes you're the grad student
working with the characteristics of the skewed population.
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 06:35:35
From: RicodJour
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 22, 1:17 am, "Charles" <guyonab...@yahoo.com > wrote:
>
> Yes it does have a Masters program with that emphasis. Google it.
I did before I posted.
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=Towson+%22Mass+Communication+and+Communications+Studies%22&
I'm curious, Chuck. I was teasing JFT, and cautioning him. You're
defending the OP and casting aspersions. You seem quite sensitive and
quite abusive at the same time. Why is that?
R
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 23:59:55
From: Charles
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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"RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com > wrote in message
news:1174570534.995850.150000@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> On 22, 1:17 am, "Charles" <guyonab...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes it does have a Masters program with that emphasis. Google it.
>
> I did before I posted.
>
>
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=Towson+%22Mass+Communication+and+Communications+Studies%22&
>
>
> I'm curious, Chuck. I was teasing JFT, and cautioning him. You're
> defending the OP and casting aspersions. You seem quite sensitive and
> quite abusive at the same time. Why is that?
>
> R
>
Geez man, you remind me of my therapist. Cut it out, or I will go into
relapse. Hey I like your buildings.construction posts. In that field I
presume ?
Just saying that his post seemed sincere if not misplaced. The only thing
unusual was his e-mail. The FQDN was from a retirement home company.
I did the survey and used Kunick's e-mail.
Maybe he will finally get a "prize".
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 06:28:04
From: RicodJour
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 22, 1:48 am, "b...@mambo.ucolick.org" <b...@mambo.ucolick.org >
wrote:
> On 21, 7:17 am, "RicodJour" <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote:
>
> > I stand corrected. I ignored the original post, but JFT's reply had
> > me wondering. I did a quick Google of {Towson "Mass Communication and
> > Communications Studies"}, figuring the OP would know their
> > department's name, and came up with a grand total of five hits.
> > Seemed mighty low for a university department.
>
> But if you click on the link, it goes to the
> actual department's website. Probably people
> don't use the full name most of the time, because
> it's too long.
Funnily enough, I don't click on every link people I _know_ send me.
> > It's also bizarre that the poster is using a .com instead of an .edu,
> > and posting three names and phone numbers.
>
> zoomerang.com is a site that lets people construct
> online surveys. It is likely the OP used it rather
> than deal with the overhead of attempting to install
> questionnaire software on a department website.
> Including reference names and contact numbers to
> establish bona fides might have been a requirement
> of the OP's research on human subjects advisory board
> (these advisory boards are now overseeing almost any
> kind of research, including the social sciences, not
> just medical experimentation on human subjects).
That brings up an interesting question.
Does the school dictate which survey site to use and does that
generate click-through income for them?
I thought the whole idea of conducting surveys was that they were
supposed to be representative of a certain segment of the population
and not created in a way that builds in the bias. The wording the OP
chose, the commercial zoomerang site as portal, non-toll free numbers
for "verification" (I'm cheap as well as suspicious), etc., all create
significant bias from the get go. Does that seem like an acceptable
manner to attract survey participants to you?
> > If the poster is for real, it's an odd set of circumstances. I can't
> > apologize for advising caution with surveys - even if this one may be
> > legitimate.
>
> That's reasonable, but I don't think any of the
> circumstances are actually out of line.
There is a difference between out of line and suspicious. I don't
think the OP could have possibly crafted a post with more spam/scam
earks. Since you're saying his survey is for real - I'll take your
word for it - it seems to be shooting himself in the foot.
So...how do _you_ feel about your favorite professional atheletes?
R
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 19:51:20
From: Kyle Legate
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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RicodJour wrote:
>>
>
> I thought the whole idea of conducting surveys was that they were
> supposed to be representative of a certain segment of the population
> and not created in a way that builds in the bias. The wording the OP
> chose, the commercial zoomerang site as portal, non-toll free numbers
> for "verification" (I'm cheap as well as suspicious), etc., all create
> significant bias from the get go. Does that seem like an acceptable
> manner to attract survey participants to you?
>
The OP should have submitted it to social bookking sites and create a
number of dummy accounts to vote it onto the front page. Nobody said a
masters should be easy.
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 18:09:49
From: Sticky Wicket
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 22/3/07 7:28 AM, in article
1174570083.994908.291710@p15g2000hsd.googlegroups.com, "RicodJour"
<ricodjour@worldemail.com > wrote:
[deleted section]
> That brings up an interesting question.
> Does the school dictate which survey site to use and does that
> generate click-through income for them?
>
> I thought the whole idea of conducting surveys was that they were
> supposed to be representative of a certain segment of the population
> and not created in a way that builds in the bias. The wording the OP
> chose, the commercial zoomerang site as portal, non-toll free numbers
> for "verification" (I'm cheap as well as suspicious), etc., all create
> significant bias from the get go. Does that seem like an acceptable
> manner to attract survey participants to you?
One of the ideas conducting surveys is that they are representative of a
certain segment of the population, but that is often impossible. It is also
usually expensive (note that they guy is Master's student, he almost
certainly does not have the funds to pay for a random telephone survey,
especially on this topic). The major source of bias here would be that he
asked for replies from usenet groups (especially so for other sports). Do
the readers of rec.sport.basketball.pro represent professional basketball
fans? Certainly not. The other sources of bias you mention would be
insignificant relative to the usenet source of bias.
Stickey
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Date: 21 Mar 2007 22:48:41
From: bjw@mambo.ucolick.org
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 21, 7:17 am, "RicodJour" <ricodj...@worldemail.com > wrote:
> I stand corrected. I ignored the original post, but JFT's reply had
> me wondering. I did a quick Google of {Towson "Mass Communication and
> Communications Studies"}, figuring the OP would know their
> department's name, and came up with a grand total of five hits.
> Seemed mighty low for a university department.
But if you click on the link, it goes to the
actual department's website. Probably people
don't use the full name most of the time, because
it's too long.
> It's also bizarre that the poster is using a .com instead of an .edu,
> and posting three names and phone numbers.
zoomerang.com is a site that lets people construct
online surveys. It is likely the OP used it rather
than deal with the overhead of attempting to install
questionnaire software on a department website.
Including reference names and contact numbers to
establish bona fides might have been a requirement
of the OP's research on human subjects advisory board
(these advisory boards are now overseeing almost any
kind of research, including the social sciences, not
just medical experimentation on human subjects).
> If the poster is for real, it's an odd set of circumstances. I can't
> apologize for advising caution with surveys - even if this one may be
> legitimate.
That's reasonable, but I don't think any of the
circumstances are actually out of line.
Ben
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Date: 21 Mar 2007 07:30:27
From: RicodJour
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 21, 8:45 am, John Forrest Tomlinson <usenetrem...@jt10000.com >
wrote:
> On 20 2007 19:16:01 -0700, "RicodJour" <ricodj...@worldemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >You actually went to that site?! The Nigerian lottery scammers must
> >_love_ you!
>
> I don't see how I can be scammed by looking at something an answering
> a few anonymous questions.
Most of those surveys are simply a way of generating click-through
dollars.
You remember how your mother would tell you to put on a sweater when
it was 60 degrees out? Think of my concern for your welfare like
that. It may be annoying, but it's well intentioned.
R
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Date: 21 Mar 2007 07:17:00
From: RicodJour
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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Curtis L. Russell wrote:
> On 20 2007 19:16:01 -0700, "RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >You actually went to that site?! The Nigerian lottery scammers must
> >_love_ you!
> >
> >Towson doesn't have a "Mass Communication and Communications Studies"
> >Department.
> >
> >You'd better stop the risky behavior or you're going to catch
> >chlamydia or HPV.
>
> Actually, it does, according to several Towson University grads we
> have here.
I stand corrected. I ignored the original post, but JFT's reply had
me wondering. I did a quick Google of {Towson "Mass Communication and
Communications Studies"}, figuring the OP would know their
department's name, and came up with a grand total of five hits.
Seemed mighty low for a university department.
My comment to JFT was intended to convey that those "I'm conducting a
survey" posts are rarely what they seem, particularly when they're
offering some sort of reward. Sometimes the surveyor is benefiting -
and you don't know how - and the web site is always benefiting.
Tracking cookies, email harvesting, etc.
Comments such as "I am conducting a survey to determine how people
feel about their favorite professional athletes." is inane. Let's see
- my favorite athletes, hmmm - I feel _good_ about them! This from a
student in a masters program...?
It's also bizarre that the poster is using a .com instead of an .edu,
and posting three names and phone numbers.
If the poster is for real, it's an odd set of circumstances. I can't
apologize for advising caution with surveys - even if this one may be
legitimate.
R
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Date: 20 Mar 2007 19:16:01
From: RicodJour
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
> On 20 2007 18:00:03 -0700, "genedipaula1"
> <gene.dipaula@erickson.com> wrote:
>
> >My name is Gene DiPaula and I am a graduate student in the Department
> >of Mass Communication and Communication Studies at Towson University.
> >As part of the research for my master's thesis, I am conducting a
> >survey to determine how people feel about their favorite professional
> >athletes. If you choose to participate in my project, you will be
> >asked to complete a short survey. It is not necessary to answer every
> >question, and you may discontinue your participation in the project
> >at
> >any time. The survey can be found at http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2265ZG8BJQG.
>
> The survey is set up wrong -- it should not be possible to give more
> than one response to the questions.
You actually went to that site?! The Nigerian lottery scammers must
_love_ you!
Towson doesn't have a "Mass Communication and Communications Studies"
Department.
You'd better stop the risky behavior or you're going to catch
chlamydia or HPV.
R
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Date: 24 Mar 2007 18:22:47
From: Kieran
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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RicodJour wrote:
> Towson doesn't have a "Mass Communication and Communications Studies"
> Department.
http://wwwnew.towson.edu/mccs/
-KC
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 00:17:37
From: Charles
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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> _love_ you!
>
> Towson doesn't have a "Mass Communication and Communications Studies"
> Department.
>
> You'd better stop the risky behavior or you're going to catch
> chlamydia or HPV.
>
> R
>
Yes it does have a Masters program with that emphasis. Google it.
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Date: 21 Mar 2007 10:02:45
From: Curtis L. Russell
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 20 2007 19:16:01 -0700, "RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com >
wrote:
>You actually went to that site?! The Nigerian lottery scammers must
>_love_ you!
>
>Towson doesn't have a "Mass Communication and Communications Studies"
>Department.
>
>You'd better stop the risky behavior or you're going to catch
>chlamydia or HPV.
Actually, it does, according to several Towson University grads we
have here.
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
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Date: 21 Mar 2007 07:45:43
From: John Forrest Tomlinson
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 20 2007 19:16:01 -0700, "RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com >
wrote:
>You actually went to that site?! The Nigerian lottery scammers must
>_love_ you!
I don't see how I can be scammed by looking at something an answering
a few anonymous questions.
--
JT
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Date: 21 Mar 2007 07:47:06
From: Fred Fredburger
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
> On 20 2007 19:16:01 -0700, "RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> You actually went to that site?! The Nigerian lottery scammers must
>> _love_ you!
>
> I don't see how I can be scammed by looking at something an answering
> a few anonymous questions.
Your problem is that you're not paranoid enough.
What happens if you don't enter your email address? Then they've got
your IP address, like pretty much everyone else in the world who wants
it. The BIG thing they can do is correlate your IP address and the fact
that you really, really like Chris Horner. Which is no big deal for now,
but just wait till the CH porn site opens!
OK, I'm kinda sorry for that, but only a little.
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Date: 21 Mar 2007 19:06:08
From: Donald Munro
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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Fred Fredburger wrote:
> Your problem is that you're not paranoid enough.
>
> What happens if you don't enter your email address? Then they've got
> your IP address, like pretty much everyone else in the world who wants
> it. The BIG thing they can do is correlate your IP address and the fact
> that you really, really like Chris Horner. Which is no big deal for now,
> but just wait till the CH porn site opens!
I think he prefers Basso's eyes to Chris Horners. Personally though, I
would'nt mind having my IP (and if necessary MAC) address registered for
when Basso's sister's porn site opens.
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Date: 21 Mar 2007 19:07:51
From: Fred Fredburger
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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Donald Munro wrote:
> Fred Fredburger wrote:
>> Your problem is that you're not paranoid enough.
>>
>> What happens if you don't enter your email address? Then they've got
>> your IP address, like pretty much everyone else in the world who wants
>> it. The BIG thing they can do is correlate your IP address and the fact
>> that you really, really like Chris Horner. Which is no big deal for now,
>> but just wait till the CH porn site opens!
>
> I think he prefers Basso's eyes to Chris Horners. Personally though, I
> would'nt mind having my IP (and if necessary MAC) address registered for
> when Basso's sister's porn site opens.
>
<nodding his head in agreement >
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Date: 20 Mar 2007 18:17:44
From: ilan
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 21, 2:00 am, "genedipaula1" <gene.dipa...@erickson.com > wrote:
> My name is Gene DiPaula and I am a graduate student in the Department
> of Mass Communication and Communication Studies at Towson University.
> As part of the research for my master's thesis, I am conducting a
> survey to determine how people feel about their favorite professional
> athletes. If you choose to participate in my project, you will be
> asked to complete a short survey. It is not necessary to answer every
> question, and you may discontinue your participation in the project
> at
> any time. The survey can be found athttp://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2265ZG8BJQG.
>
> If you choose to participate in the study, your participation will be
> completely confidential. Neither anyone reading the results of the
> survey nor I will be able to identify you. Please do not put your
> name
> on the survey form. As an incentive to participate, you will be
> eligible to win a $100 gift card to your choice of Dick's Sporting
> Goods, The Sports Authority or espn.com. One winner will be chosen at
> random. In order to be eligible, you must provide an e-mail address
> at
> the end of the survey. We assure you that the e-mail address will
> only
> be used to notify you in the case that you are the winner of the gift
> card. It will not be attached to your answers in the survey, or
> otherwise be used to identify you. Your e-mail address will not be
> sold or given to anyone and will be immediately deleted from our
> database once the winner of the gift card has been determined.
>
> If you have any questions about the project, you may contact me at(410) 402-2063, my faculty advisor, Dr. Sean Baker at(410) 704-5856,
> or the Chairperson of Towson University's Institutional Review Board
> for the Protection of Human Participants, Dr. Patricia M. Alt, at(410) 704-2236. A copy of the results of the survey, reported in
> aggregate form, will be available to you upon completion of my
> project, if you would like to see it.
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Sincerely,
> Gene DiPaula
> Graduate Student, Towson University,www.towson.edu
Is it a fattie masters' thesis?
-ilan
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Date: 20 Mar 2007 21:14:49
From: John Forrest Tomlinson
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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On 20 2007 18:00:03 -0700, "genedipaula1"
<gene.dipaula@erickson.com > wrote:
>My name is Gene DiPaula and I am a graduate student in the Department
>of Mass Communication and Communication Studies at Towson University.
>As part of the research for my master's thesis, I am conducting a
>survey to determine how people feel about their favorite professional
>athletes. If you choose to participate in my project, you will be
>asked to complete a short survey. It is not necessary to answer every
>question, and you may discontinue your participation in the project
>at
>any time. The survey can be found at http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2265ZG8BJQG.
The survey is set up wrong -- it should not be possible to give more
than one response to the questions.
--
JT
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Date: 21 Mar 2007 01:41:14
From: Tom Kunich
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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"John Forrest Tomlinson" <usenetremove@jt10000.com > wrote in message
news:r75103lfv6acqjbalubusgm157btoot5f7@4ax.com...
> On 20 2007 18:00:03 -0700, "genedipaula1"
> <gene.dipaula@erickson.com> wrote:
>
>>My name is Gene DiPaula and I am a graduate student in the Department
>>of Mass Communication and Communication Studies at Towson University.
>>As part of the research for my master's thesis, I am conducting a
>>survey to determine how people feel about their favorite professional
>>athletes. If you choose to participate in my project, you will be
>>asked to complete a short survey. It is not necessary to answer every
>>question, and you may discontinue your participation in the project
>>at
>>any time. The survey can be found at
>>http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2265ZG8BJQG.
>
> The survey is set up wrong -- it should not be possible to give more
> than one response to the questions.
Did you get the idea that this was really a company fishing for email
addresses?
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Date: 21 Mar 2007 23:45:04
From: Charles
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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>
> Did you get the idea that this was really a company fishing for email
> addresses?
>
>
Towson does have a Masters in that area. In fact his references are correct.
He just posted the request in the wrong group. Only a bunch of knee jerk
ADHD juveniles would respond they way that many of you did. Shame on you
Thomas.
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 20:09:43
From: Tom Kunich
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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"Charles" <guyonabike@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:co-dnQaGdJASYZzbnZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>
>> Did you get the idea that this was really a company fishing for email
>> addresses?
>>
> Towson does have a Masters in that area. In fact his references are
> correct.
> He just posted the request in the wrong group. Only a bunch of knee jerk
> ADHD juveniles would respond they way that many of you did. Shame on you
> Thomas.
You mean respond with suspicion to a man asking for a poll and then when you
get there it's offering a "prize"? Grow up Charles. That was about as
suspicious a thing as possible.
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Date: 22 Mar 2007 23:54:21
From: Charles
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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>
> You mean respond with suspicion to a man asking for a poll and then when
you
> get there it's offering a "prize"? Grow up Charles. That was about as
> suspicious a thing as possible.
>
>
Thomas, your reply is a prize to me.
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Date: 23 Mar 2007 09:33:54
From: Donald Munro
Subject: Re: Help with my Master's Thesis
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Charles wrote:
> Thomas, your reply is a prize to me.
But he didn't even put you on his gaylist.
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