Survey supporting campus climate research for students of color! (also, a chance to get $100 gift card)

[ROLF J STRAUBHAAR]

Thank you for your feedback, Celso--we've discussed many of these issues,
but you bring up good points that deserve revisiting. I'll bring this up at
our next research team meeting.

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Celso Alvarez Cáccamo <lxalvarz at udc.es>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I clicked on the link, entered today's date, and left all questions blank
> (no answer whatsoever). The last page asked for my name, offered me to
> enter the raffle for one of 10 $100 gift cards, and it stated that my name
> would NOT be linked to my answers. So, I could have entered the raffle with
> a blank survey. Also, in case there would be some sort of control, I could
> have answered all those questions randomly just in order to enter the
> raffle.
>
> The whole process took about 5 minutes because I went over the questions,
> out of interest. But, with another type of interest ($$$) and a few email
> addresses at hand, I could create a few empty or bogus surveys just to
> enter a raffle. People bet at much unlikely odds all the time.
>
> On the other hand, were I a student who is tired of seeing how everything
> in my life (achievements, cooperation, human activity in general) is
> treated in material and economic terms, I would plainly refuse to answer
> such a survey: Why the chance to get $100 just for being honest and helping
> a research on "cultural adaptation and identity development"? Or (within
> the same, legitimated logic), why $100, not $1000?  Why 10 gifts of $100,
> not 100 gifts of $10?
>
> So, the $100 upfront offer biases the possible results in various ways,
> IMHO.
>
> Celso Alvarez Cáccamo
>
>
> No dia 16/09/2014, às 17:18, ROLF J STRAUBHAAR <straubhaar at UCLA.EDU>
> escreveu:
>
> > Attention all students (including graduate students)!
> >
> > My colleagues and I at the University of Georgia's Center for Latino
> > Achievement and Success in Education (CLASE) are conducting a research
> > study focused on the cultural adaptation and identity development of
> > college students (in particular college students of color).
> >
> > We invite all who are currently enrolled in a university program and are
> > over 18 years of age to complete the attached survey. It should only take
> > 20-30 minutes, and completion will enter you in a raffle for a $100 gift
> > card.
> >
> > Participation in this survey is also a way in which you can personally
> > influence the current literature on college students and their
> experiences,
> > particularly with regard to race. Let your voice be heard!
> >
> >
> > https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CYAS
>