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 Posted: 00:50 - 17 Mar 2012  Post subject: Motorcycle Safety Wear Survey |
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Hi,
A friend of mine who rides a scooter has asked me if I could post a link to her motorcycle safety wear survey for her masters degree. I've ok'ed posting this with the mods.
This study aims to examine British motorcyclists' use of and attitudes towards safety wear. There are no current figures to suggest the level and specific use of safety wear in UK riders. Obtaining an idea of wear-rates will help to improve rider awareness of available safety wear.
Before anyone gets defensive, this survey is not being used to force anyone to wear safety gear they don't want to.
Please visit www.motorcyclesafetywear.co.uk
This study will take no longer than 10 minutes.
Please pass this to any biker friends or family.
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Question 2... I am a UK student.
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I answer No and it doesn't let me go any further... so only students are supposed to fill this out?  Nice representative sample there! |
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| Posted: 02:16 - 17 Mar 2012 Post subject: |
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| pendulum wrote: | Question 2... I am a UK student.
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I answer No and it doesn't let me go any further... so only students are supposed to fill this out? Nice representative sample there! |
The Q2 I saw asked me if I was a UK resident.
I also didn't complete the survey, it was asking me questions I've never considered, either because I don't think them relevent, or they were poorly worded, eg. Q. "I will be buying safety equipment in the next 3 months" A. On a scale of 1-7, strongly agree or disagree.
I might buy something, if I have a crash and damage something, or if something wears out, or if I'm feeling a bit flush, or if a bargain comes up, but I don't see that answer falling within the scope of an 'agree/disagree' response.
Q. Is more thought with the style of questioning needed? A. 1=Strongly Agree 7= Strongly Disagree............................1
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| Posted: 02:48 - 17 Mar 2012 Post subject: Re: Motorcycle Safety Wear Survey |
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| Rowey wrote: | Hi,
There are no current figures to suggest the level and specific use of safety wear in UK riders. Obtaining an idea of wear-rates will help to improve rider awareness of available safety wear.
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Maybe I'm just being a bit stupid, but I can't see how, unless the results are used as a stick to beat us with.
| Rowey wrote: | Before anyone gets defensive, this survey is not being used to force anyone to wear safety gear they don't want to.
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So you can guarantee the results wont be used by anyone, whether or not connected with the researcher, to try and force through more unwanted legislation?
Although I wish your friend luck with their masters, and I feel wearing the correct kit is sensible, I don't wish to give anybody any information that could later be used against me. It's bad enough being forced to wear a helmet but give some people half a chance and they wouldn't hesitate to stop us even looking at a bike unless we're fully kitted up in pre-approved, moted, and very expensive body armour.
(Or am I just being paranoid?)
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| Posted: 03:03 - 17 Mar 2012 Post subject: |
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The survey kept breaking for me.
I gave up and went home 
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Utter crap. I'm not a student so my views are not valid.
So I, with 35 years riding experience am not suitable to give my views but a snot nosed brat with 3 months experience who doesn't know his ass from his elbow is (sorry students  ).
That would worry me that the results could be used out of context.
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| Posted: 09:18 - 17 Mar 2012 Post subject: |
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Worked for me. Filled it in 
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| Posted: 10:50 - 17 Mar 2012 Post subject: |
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Thanks to everyone who filled the survey in.
| pendulum wrote: | Question 2... I am a UK student.
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| Polarbear wrote: | I'm not a student so my views are not valid. |
| Shinigami wrote: | pointless survey if they only want the opinions of students |
Question 2 is actually UK Resident. This is not a study aimed at students only. The only education question is later on in the survey.
| -Savage- wrote: | Done. Didn't really get the innocent/guilty thing in some questions though, so I just chose the middle option. |
| DonnyBrago wrote: | "Riders I most respect wear full motorcycle safety wear..."
I don't respect any riders, why the fuck should I? |
The reason for these questions is made clear at the end of the survey. Unfortunately if too much information is given at the beginning it will (and this has been shown) influence results. If you neither agree or disagree with any of the questions then you can choose number 4.
Unfortunately this template is a recognised questionnaire design (Likert scale). It is a bit annoying, and you've probably seen them before in job interviews ect. However they are very good at getting peoples opinions/views. The repetition of some questions is also a characteristic of this type of questionnaire.
| owl10 wrote: | Could probably do with defining Winter and summer conditions as well. For me winter = wet therefore no leathers or ice = no riding (for me) |
I brought this up too. It's very valid. We all wear different gear depending on weather and even mood. This study is a relatively small one compared to PHD level. My friend has written in her dissertation that more information relating to seasons (and a lot of other stuff) will need to be looked into. I would answer the questions with the current, dry, spring weather in mind.
| Thelostone wrote: | Maybe I'm just being a bit stupid, but I can't see how, unless the results are used as a stick to beat us with. |
I can understand the paranoia, it was my reaction too. I don't want to be forced to wear gear and my friend doing the study doesn't either. This information will more than likely help educate newer riders. Have you seen the "Think Bike - Safety wear" fliers? The page at the end of the survey will explain the study. But this survey isn't designed to just gain numbers of people wearing safety gear. My friend is doing Health Psychology, that should help you understand the direction of the study.
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Posted: 11:34 - 17 Mar 2012  Post subject: |
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"The Department of Psychology". Jog on, that's about 3 degrees removed from anything that will benefit me or anybody else, ever.
Well, she got the same random or self contradictory answers that I always give to Psychlo evaluations. It's all right, like all Psykers, she'll just discard any data points that don't support the pre-determined conclusion.
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| Posted: 11:59 - 17 Mar 2012 Post subject: |
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16. How likely do you think you are to have a serious accident needing hospital treatment in the next year compared to other motorcyclists?
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I always try to help out fellow students and complete surveys, but that just went on forever 
That could of been easily condensed into about 1/5th of the questions. I hope your friend doesn't do their dissertation/thesis in the same way.
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| Rowey wrote: | Even more worrying is she graduated highest in her class with a first honours and has had a paper published on HPV vacinations. These questions were checked and approved by two respected lecturers in the health phychology field to fit the Likert scale and the lastest agreed thoeries... Although, maybe we should consult you next time  |
You probably should. A survey that selects for Asperger's spackers doesn't give you representative results.
If you think that's a joke, well, it turns out that I already have a Masters degree - graduated at the top of the Postgraduate Diploma class that fed into it, since we're bringing that up - and can recognise mumbo jumbo pseudo science technobabble by daylight.
Tell her good luck with it though, I'm sure it'll be ever so productive.
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| Rogerborg wrote: | A survey that selects for Asperger's spackers doesn't give you representative results. |
I've not got any qualifications in psychology, yet even I'm aware that Aspergers and Autism is a wide spectrum disorder and therefore is very hard to quantify.
The question is though what has this got to do with motorcycle safety wear? An area that is quite quantifiable.
| Rogerborg wrote: | Tell her good luck with it though, I'm sure it'll be ever so productive. |
A similar study in Australia resulted in some very useful information. This was then used to help educate new and older riders on the uses of safety wear. I'm not sure if a follow up study was carried out, but if it helps by saving a kids hands as he wasn't aware of types or function of gloves then I'd say it was a success.
| sickpup wrote: | the questions are blurred into each other so there will be a lack of differentiation in the results. I also got bored of it where the questions are pretty much the same. |
Unfortunately this is a characteristic of these surveys. I'm sure most people have done a few of these (I've done a few for job interviews). They will ask you the same questions rephrased a couple of times. I'm not 100% why, other than it provides more accurate data. Also this study is quite focused at the moment. The PHD version will be a lot more in depth, with a wider focus.
As this study is just a preliminary one, comments are very useful. As Polarbear said, BCF has a wide range of bike experience (and inexperience). So if you think of something that you would add, subtract or change, please mention it in the comments section at the end of the survey with some detail and even solutions. Comments made in the survey can be used in the study. And some of them have been really good. Unfortunately forum comments can't. Comments such as "This is rubbish" help no one. It'll all be helpful when the PHD version is made.
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