Positive Public Survey Results

[Cullin Kin]

I hate that so many people mix it up. I personally wouldn't want to even use it for that. Just cause the other thing I enjoy that is legal there in colorado, has good medicinal qualities to it as well and I would rather get all of them in me rather then just what messes you up. lol Now lets can the talk on this cause I know they frown apon it on here. lol. Sorry mods.

For me it is a vaporizer and it is important people understand the difference. Lots of things ment for one thing can be used for other stuff. I have gotten similar responses from people though. Had one women at the food pantry I got to sometimes ask me if it was to help me breath. lol. I explained what it is and how it works. She didn't like the sound that I was still vaping nicotine but she was glad I was off cigarettes and am doing better. A lot of people unfortunately just only know the false rumors that go around and it takes a while before they accept that vaping isn't really that bad for you and that the rumors are false. In the short term at least this is a lot better for us. No idea on the long term already but i get the feeling it is better as well. lol

Yeah, it was very hard for me not to educate these people. Especially the one who said we take in a lot more nicotine than we would if smoking.

Most everyone was wide open to them but it's not hard to find someone who has been grossly misinformed. Especially a smoker who is looking for every reason not to quit, they're the ones that seem to immediately grasp on to the first piece of information they hear, whether it be true or false. I had one of them tell me that e-juice contains pig hooves, just like the rumors about gum. If you'll notice, every single non-smoker reported and incidentally interviewed, had positive things to say about them. It was 5 of the 25 smokers surveyed that had wonderful falsities to claim, oddly enough 4 of those 5 were female. I am not speculating as to why, just another interesting result.

This survey spurred results that prompted a few other surveys: a) Whether smokers underreport how many cigarettes they are smoking a day b) Whether non-smokers just think they see another person smoking when they are truly vaping c) Whether male or female smokers view PV's more negatively. If someone else has some free time, I'd love to see a current study done on those!

If I ever find the time to report the rest of the survey results, I'll be sure to. I tried to pick 10 that were representative of the 50 I surveyed.

So, I ended up just typing up the report. I seem to be gaining a little more positivity from my professor (of which is one of the survey participants and indicated positively for PV's because they helped several of her friends quit cigarettes). I think she was just worried althat she may get in trouble with the school but there's no way that could happen. I think all will be well.

 

[GinnyTx]

that would include bias and that's a research no no !

Good job Cullin, I'd have not only allowed it but encouraged it, it's a wide open field for research. You should jazz it up (look at some other survey published results) and publish, then she'll have to give you an A *lol*

I'm with what the other's said, approach her in her office hours, explain your interest, the lack of research and how you conducted your survey in a scientific method (and it's intro, read what that's all about) it's not "pure" with a control group and bias, and really all that "random" but that's ok, it sounds like excellent work, make some quick bar graphs or pie charts, psych prof's love that stuff *lol*


good luck!

 

[Cullin Kin]

that would include bias and that's a research no no !

Good job Cullin, I'd have not only allowed it but encouraged it, it's a wide open field for research. You should jazz it up (look at some other survey published results) and publish, then she'll have to give you an A *lol*

I'm with what the other's said, approach her in her office hours, explain your interest, the lack of research and how you conducted your survey in a scientific method (and it's intro, read what that's all about) it's not "pure" with a control group and bias, and really all that "random" but that's ok, it sounds like excellent work, make some quick bar graphs or pie charts, psych prof's love that stuff *lol*


good luck!

Thank you, and for taking the time to read! I'm glad you liked it! I'll be sure to post the final report when it is completed. I have several graphs already made up! I'll just have to make it so good she can't give me anything but an A.

 

[Cullin Kin]

So the assignment has been submitted! We'll see what happens.

 

[FlamingoTutu]

Good luck!