Survey Experiment
One of my new year's resolutions is to quit being an old man. Many different things go into this resolution which I will not go into here. For the most part however it means to quit being lazy. I want to be more creative, learn new things and tap into the side of me that has been dormant for so long.
One such idea I had was to do an experiment. A year long experiment documenting myself filling out survey forms, monitoring the amount of junk mail (both email and snail mail) associated with filling out such forms and keeping track of time spent verses possible reward.
In preparation I have came up with a few rules, set up a email account for survey use only (Nakia's Idea) and set a time frame.
The rules are as follows:
1) Must fill out any survey that is brought to my attention.
--This could be a cashier telling me about one, me noticing one on my receipt, friends telling me about such surveys (I am not soliciting any though), or any promotional deal going on at any of the stores I visit.
2) Web surveys and phone surveys both apply.
3) Surveys have to filled out promptly and completely.
4) Fill out any additional surveys generated from original survey.
5) Product questions and comments count.
-- I fell as if this fits into the survey category due to the nature of what a survey is normally conducted for. There are two main areas in which I will use this for:
A) To complain about a product that does not live up to its expectations.
B) To give praise to a product that exceeds expectation.
I will only do this if the products packing explicitly states "Any comments or suggestions..."
(I am looking for feedback to my rules. Any suggestions, potential flaws or new ideas?)
I will post some of my findings on www.andrepope.com in the section Survey Says from time to time but will mostly keep the experiment to myself. I have a feeling that it will be quite boring to read about (or watch about). However by keeping track of all the surveys I fill out and document any winnings there is a small chance that the idea could foster into a small little film.
So wish me luck and prey my phone, mailbox and email filters are large enough. Who knows maybe I will actually win something along the way.
