Survey Discussion (Back) <-----------------------> (Forward) Questionnaire Results
The first part of the questionnaire was a series of statements
where each had 5 buttons the respondents could choose: ranking from
Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree. The following factors were included:
1)
Age
2)
Gender
3)
Length of time role-playing
4)
Character as Reflection of Self
5)
Character as Ideal Self
6)
Character as Learning tool
7)
Empathy with character
8)
Character Creation Influence
9)
Gaming Style Preference: social / deep
10)
Gender Switching
11)
Gaming Systems Preference: dice / hack-and-slash
12)
Self-Image
13)
RPG Appeal
Instead
of using the Big-5 Factors, I used the Myer-Briggs Scales instead. There
are four factors and each was measured with 5 statements. (Here is a good
brief introduction
to the MBTI Scales)
The
questionnaire was publicized in 2 ways. I emailed all the survey
respondents who did not mind being followed-up upon to fill out a copy of
the questionnaire. I also posted another message on about 14-16 RPG
message boards and forums on the Internet. Over a period of 6 days
(10/25/99-10/31/99), I received 225 responses back.
Survey Discussion (Back) <-----------------------> (Forward) Questionnaire Results