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Spiffor
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CPA - Evil Clone brigade
Nov 2001
time: 06:29
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Hello!
I am writing my final university paper, and I need your help. Please fill in this questionnaire: it will take 5 minutes of your time, and it will help me very much  If you have any questions, please ask per PM. I'm a regular on 'Poly, and I check them every day.
The following questions will be useful to my studies in political sciences, as they will help me understand the political personality of the members of the Civ-community. Since some questions are quite personal, I will strongly care for your anonymity: your names or screen names will not figure in any way on the result table. You may reply to these questions directly in this thread, or you may reply per PM if you wish. Thank you for your cooperation 
I will start by asking a few questions about you:
1. How old are you? (in years)
2. What is your country?
3. Please indicate how much you agree to the following statements, with the following standardized answers:
| Agree Strongly | | | | Disagree strongly | | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
A. I often wish I could act free and easy with the people who count.
B. I wish I could be as carefree about my actions as others are
C. I hate to have to tell other people what to do
D. I would rather not have very much responsibility for other people.
E. When I disagree with people, it turns out later that I was in the right.
F. I dislike to have to talk in front of a group of people.
G. I doubt whether I would make a good leader.
I will now ask questions about your understanding of politics.
4. Please indicate how much you agree to the following statements, with the following standardized answers:
| Agree Strongly | | | | Disagree strongly | | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
A. Sometimes politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me cannot really understand what is going on
B. I can understand and evaluate important political issues well.
C. I trust that I can take an active part in a group that is concerned with political issues.
5. Here is a list with statements concerning the relations among social groups. Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following Statements.
| Agree Strongly | | | | Disagree strongly | | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
A. To Compromise with political adversaries is dangerous because it frequently leads to the betrayal of ones own side.
B. The general welfare and interests of my country are seriously endangered by the continual clash of and demands posed by interest groups
C. Even if one is right in a controversy, one should look for a compromise.
D. It will always be necessary to have a few strong, able individuals who know how to take charge.
E. A country’s general welfare should always override special interests of groups and organizations.
F. An intense discussion or controversy is often necessary in order to arrive at a workable policy compromise.
6. How much do you trust other people?
| Trust very much | | | | No trust at all | | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
7. More specifically how much you trust or distrust the citizens of your country to support the right policies in the following areas?
| Trust very much | | | | No trust at all | | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
A. Economic policy
B. Foreign policy
C. Law and justice
D. Social and welfare policy
8. Have you ever participated in a Democracy Game? (Yes / No)
The following questions are now only aimed at those who have participated to Democracy Game(s). If you have never taken part to one, you are now done with my questions. Thank you for your replies
9. How long have you taken part to Democracy Game(s) ? (in years)
10. Could you please list all the Democracy Games you are, or have been, part of?
11. Here is a list of the activities a member of a Democracy Game can indulge in. Please tell me how frequently you do the following:
A. Reading the Democracy Game forum
B. Participating in the discussions
C. Voting
D. Holding a position in the “Government”
12. Would you please summarize your experience about the scope of conflicts of interests in the Democracy Game by selecting the statement which most accurately reflects your experience?
A. Consensus among groups is the rule; serious conflicts rarely occur.
B. Consensus is more typical, although there are some serious conflicts
C. Serious conflict of interest is far more typical, but there is some shared interest
D. Serious conflict is the rule; there is hardly any shared interest among groups.
13. How much do you trust other Democracy Game players?
| Trust very much | | | | No trust at all | | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
14. Please tell me how much you trust or distrust your fellow members of a Democracy Game to support the right in-game policies.
[code]| Trust very much | | | | No trust at all | | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
A. Economy and city planning
B. Diplomacy and war
C. Selecting science and governments
Thank you very much for your time!
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La Fayette
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albi, france
Oct 2000
time: 06:29
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1 = 66
2 = France
3 = A3, B2, C2, D3, E3, F1, G1
4 = A2, B4, C4
5 = A3, B4, C4, D4, E5, F4
6 = 4
7 = A3, B4, C3, D4
8 = No
Bon courage!
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solo
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Lowell, MA USA
Jan 2001
time: 05:29
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1. 55
2. USA
3. 2,2,4,4,3,2,4
4. 2,4,3
5. 3,4,3,2,2,4
6. 4
7. 4,2,3,3
8. No
Sorry, no very strong opinions here! Good luck with this!
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Scouse Gits
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Liverpool, United Kingdom
Nov 1999
time: 05:29
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1 - 56
2 - UK
3 - 4,2,2,2,5,1,2
4 - 2,4,4
5 - 4,5,2,5,5,4
6 - 1 & 5 - for me this is a black & white decision depending on the person concerned - I guess a default value of 4 until I can make my formal assessment.
7 - My country has subjects not citizens - sometimes this is more than a semantic distinction -- 1,1,1,1
8 - No
Good luck with the paper - can you give us some information as to the context - ?coursework, project, dissertation, thesis?
Stu
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debeest
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Got to help our Poly commie get his degree!
1) 49
2) USA
3) A-1, B-1, C-2, D-3, E-5, F-3, G-3
4) A-1, B-5, C-5
5) A-1, B-1 (but see below), C-3, D-4, E-5 (see below), F-5
6) 3
7) A-2, B-2, C-2, D-2
8) no
I hope your questions are clear enough to elicit the information you really want. #5E, for example, seems to me a classically problematic survey question. "A country’s general welfare should always override special interests of groups and organizations." I agreed with this statement because I think that the public interest should GENERALLY supercede the individual's interest, but I would have to disagree strongly that it should ALWAYS supercede it, and in fact my own conception of the public interest includes a belief that some special protection of individuals' interests against the majority is an inherent part of the public interest. Kinda hard to answer clearly.
The really hard one, for me, was 5B, "The general welfare and interests of my country are seriously endangered by the continual clash of and demands posed by interest groups." I think that powerful, wealthy conservatives have almost managed to define "interest groups" as "those who disagree with us." But in reality, everyone who's not a complete loner is part of many interest groups, and their interplay constitutes nearly all of politics. I strongly support the participation of interest groups such as unions, environmentalists, consumer protection activists, educators, feminists, civil rights groups, and Internet forum geeks, while opposing the much more powerful interest groups such as media corporations, pharmaceutical corporations, oil corporations, racists, the very rich, etc. Wholly opposed though I am to religion, I fervently support the right of religious interest groups to pursue their values, even though those values so often oppose my own. So what does my "1" on this question mean? Good luck, Spiffor!!
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germanos
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behind a firm ****, Rotterdam, NL
Apr 2002
time: 06:29
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1) 37 (good to see I'm still young  )
2) Holland
3) A5, B2, C1, D3, E1, F1, G2
4) A4, B4, C4
5) A1, B1, C4, D2, E2, F5
6) 4
7) A4, B2, C1, D3
8) for a blue monday (Dutch expression for doing something but not getting anywhere  )
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Mercator
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Sorekara no Nanimo
Jan 1970
time: 06:29
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1: 24
2: Holland
3: 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2
4: 4, 3, 2
5: 2, 1, 3, 4, 4, 4
6: 4
7: 2, 4, 2, 3
8: No
quote:
Originally posted by Spiffor
It's my final paper in order to obtain my diploma. |
 Isn't Apolyton a great source of inspiration? My Master's thesis subject is directly inspired by it (though it's the forum itself, not Civ).
quote:
Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Grigor, Scouse, LaFayette and solo -- all older than me!  |
If it's any consolation, you're still an old fart to me.
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