17-09-2003 04:29									#1
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Good evening.

I am looking for forty individuals, eighteen years of age and older as of August 14th, 2003, and who live in one of the following provinces/states to fill out a twenty-question survey for me for use in a fourth-year university course I am currently taking: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario and Pennsylvania. The topic that I have chosen for my term paper in the course in question, "Risk and The Legal Process", is public perception in the wake of the largest power outage in North American history beginning on the said date. It is through completed surveys that I will be discussing at length in the essay, and from which I will be drawing some conclusions from.

The address of the survey is http://www.storm.ca/~quick/laws4801-win2003_survey.html. More information is available in the introductory paragraphs on that page.

Thanks in advance!

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Dan

P.S. Additionally, please read this follow-up which provides an important update on the progress of the surveying.

Last edited by DanQ on 16-11-2003 at 05:34

	17-09-2003 04:30									#2
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Hey Dan you think you can make Ming be a little easier on me... I mean 4-5 months banning seems excessive doesn't it?

	17-09-2003 04:32									#3
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Yankees. Figures.

	17-09-2003 04:42									#4
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We Southerners know how to keep the lights on, Sloww, so they don't need our opinion.

	17-09-2003 04:46									#5
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I lived close to canada but not at the time in question

Jon Miller

	17-09-2003 04:48									#6
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Good point, John.

	17-09-2003 04:56									#7
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Also, we don't whine and moan about "our right to electricity" anywhere near as much as Northerners. Actually, we don't whine about that at all.

	17-09-2003 04:57									#8
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I do ever part I can to try to kill the southern power grid, I leave everything running all the time.

	17-09-2003 05:06									#9
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Done and done.

I just hope people don't act like jackasses on this.

	17-09-2003 05:09									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Jon Miller I lived close to canada but not at the time in question Jon Miller

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	17-09-2003 05:13									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Thorn Hey Dan you think you can make Ming be a little easier on me... I mean 4-5 months banning seems excessive doesn't it?

Not in the least.

	17-09-2003 05:14									#12
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Talk about abuse of authority. I want my threads topped too.

	17-09-2003 05:25									#13
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Dan:

I live in Massachusetts but I go to school in Pennsylvania. The day of the blackout, I was actually driving from the former to the latter to begin RA training

Which do you want me to use

	17-09-2003 05:49									#14
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Well Dan... if you don't get 40 respondents... let me know. I can always start restricting people until they promise to take the survey

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Make the survey shorter. Classic marketing misstep.

	17-09-2003 07:01									#16
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quote: Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous Dan: I live in Massachusetts but I go to school in Pennsylvania. The day of the blackout, I was actually driving from the former to the latter to begin RA training Which do you want me to use

Hi 'The Emperor Fabulous'.

Fair question. I take it you are referring to what to indicate for question #3, re: geographical location? Please indicate Massachusetts for it.

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Dan

	17-09-2003 07:16									#17
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Dan, An interesting topic to analyze. Wouldn't data on the reaction of those not in the affected area also be relevant? Contrasting the views, particularly in questions 13-19, should provide useful data on how the crisis affected perception. In addition, a question about which media outlet the non affected people watched should shed some light on how these perceptions were formed. A similar question to the affected people about how their perceptions changed once they became aware of the magnitude of the failure and how they heard of it could provide useful data.

	17-09-2003 07:26									#18
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	17-09-2003 07:30									#19
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DanQ - what is the difference really between university and college? It might mean something different in canada than in the u.s.?

	17-09-2003 07:50									#21
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quote: Originally posted by monolith94 DanQ - what is the difference really between university and college? It might mean something different in canada than in the u.s.?

A college in Canada is a community college that hands out diplomas usually.
A university hands out degrees.

The heirarchy is usually technical school < college < university.

Universities also tend to do research and graduate work, while colleges do not.

	17-09-2003 08:18									#22
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Interesting. What's the difference between a diploma and a degree? I've always thought of them as the same thing.

	17-09-2003 08:23									#23
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Diplomas are 2-year courses, typically. They teach lots of technical and hands-on stuff.

Degrees are 4-year courses for a Bachelor's usually. They focus more on high-levels (problem-solving, thinking, etc), with a lowered emphasis on the technicals.

In the computer science world, people with diplomas are hired as "codemonkeys" usually -- they've been trained in how to program well, but that's about it. People with a degree in CS not only program well, but have been exposed to math to have more efficient algorithms, management theory, software engineering principles, etc. The degree people move up the chain in the companies far faster because of it, they have a more well-rounded and higher-level education.

	17-09-2003 08:27									#24
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Cool. But I'm not really worried about moving up corporate ladders...

I'm such an art-schlub!

	17-09-2003 08:28									#25
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I'm not sure if it matters much for the arts.

	17-09-2003 08:56									#26
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT We Southerners know how to keep the lights on, Sloww, so they don't need our opinion.

That's because you don't need to plug candles in.

	17-09-2003 11:54									#27
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT We Southerners know how to keep the lights on, Sloww, so they don't need our opinion.

Actually it has more to do with us not being sure if you guys are wired to a grid at all, and instead are running the ol' moonshine-powered generator back by the outhouse.

Assuming you even have them new-fangled 'lektrick thangs.

	17-09-2003 12:20									#28
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Done.

	17-09-2003 14:14									#29
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quote: Originally posted by The Templar That's because you don't need to plug candles in.

Sssh. You're not supposed to tell them that.

	17-09-2003 15:07									#30
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How are you going to handle the fact that the sample has a unknown bias?