Hmm, we've never asked anything like that. My only concern is that, at least at first glance, it doesn't seem like there'd be a lot of people who would answer "yes" to that one.
Part of the problem with having so many questions is that survey space is at a premium. For this upcoming survey alone it was difficult to get the darn thing under 200 questions! We're constantly struggling with, on the one hand, our desire to ask hundreds of questions and, on the other hand, the fact that participants, at some point, will get bored and say "this is too long".
This means that we end up comparing questions and trying to get the most "bang for our buck". I fear that the question you're suggesting, while definitely interesting, wouldn't really get enough responses to be worth it, compared to some of the other questions that we've had to take off. That said, I feel like there should be some way to get at those folks: we are considering doing a more open-ended, "interview" or "group discussion" type thing at Anthrocon this year. Perhaps we could see if we could recruit a handful of folks in that boat and have a more in-depth, qualitative session with them!
Hmm, we've never asked anything like that. My only concern is that, at least at first glance, it doesn't seem like there'd be a lot of people who would answer "yes" to that one.
Part of the problem with having so many questions is that survey space is at a premium. For this upcoming survey alone it was difficult to get the darn thing under 200 questions! We're constantly struggling with, on the one hand, our desire to ask hundreds of questions and, on the other hand, the fact that participants, at some point, will get bored and say "this is too long".
This means that we end up comparing questions and trying to get the most "bang for our buck". I fear that the question you're suggesting, while definitely interesting, wouldn't really get enough responses to be worth it, compared to some of the other questions that we've had to take off. That said, I feel like there should be some way to get at those folks: we are considering doing a more open-ended, "interview" or "group discussion" type thing at Anthrocon this year. Perhaps we could see if we could recruit a handful of folks in that boat and have a more in-depth, qualitative session with them!