TAKE MY INSTANT MESSAGE QUIZ! please?

[cimorene]

HELP WANTED! i need to interview as manypeople as possible for this project. the intent is to explore how, in im conversations, people interpret the intent behind what is said by the people they are talking to and how they believe the people are feeling based on those words. i have a list of seven words (exclamations, really) used on im and a bunch of questions about them. please help! and please direct other people here to help with it, too.

hit me up: aol im cimorene111; msn messenger cimfiction@hotmail.com.

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you can post answers in the comments (please! :(). just the answers are necessary.

i. technical stuff
1. do you agree to participate in this study?

2. optional for demographics. throwaway info that i might use.
...a) gender
...b) age
...c) are you involved in slash fandom and/or yaoi?

ii. the actual quiz
for the following questions, the words in bold are expressions that may be used in instant message conversations. i want to find out how you interpret them when someone says them to you. each question is a pair of adjectives that describe not the words themselves but the mental state or emotions of the person who says them. there's a number scale between them. please place all the bold words under the question on the scale; if those qualities don't apply to that word, please mark [4] for neutral (halfway between [1] and [7]). it's also perfectly acceptable for two words to have the same rating.

example: pleased [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] angry
...a) hmpf 5
...b) grrrr 7
...c) whee 2
...d) arg 6
...e) whoo 2


1. concerned [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] uninterested
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

2. surprised [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] unsurprised
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

3. emphatic [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] mild
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

4. exasperated [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] patient
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

5. frustrated [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] accomplished
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

6. pleased [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] angry
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

7. timid [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] assertive
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

8. positive [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] negative
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

9. confident [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] imploring
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

10. sad [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] happy
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

11. satisfied [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] dissatisfied
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

12. friendly [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] distant
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

13. indifferent [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] interested
...a) meh
...b) blah
...c) eep
...d) bleh
...e) meep
...f) feh
...g) gah

Comments

Here's what I think! ^_^

[foolishtook.livejournal.com]

i. technical stuff
1. do you agree to participate in this study? I'm here, aren't I? ^_~

2. optional for demographics. throwaway info that i might use.
...a) Female
...b) 17
...c) Yesss. (smiles)

ii. the actual quiz
there's a number scale between them. please place all the bold words under the question on the scale; if those qualities don't apply to that word, please mark [4] for neutral (halfway between [1] and [7]). it's also perfectly acceptable for two words to have the same rating.

example: pleased [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] angry
...a) hmpf 5
...b) grrrr 7
...c) whee 2
...d) arg 6
...e) whoo 3


1. concerned [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] uninterested
...a) meh 6
...b) blah 7
...c) eep 2
...d) bleh 6
...e) meep 1
...f) feh 7
...g) gah 2

2. surprised [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] unsurprised
...a) meh 6
...b) blah 7
...c) eep 1
...d) bleh 7
...e) meep 1
...f) feh 5
...g) gah 2

3. emphatic [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] mild
...a) meh 6
...b) blah 6
...c) eep 3
...d) bleh 7
...e) meep 2
...f) feh 6
...g) gah 4

4. exasperated [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] patient
...a) meh 4
...b) blah 3
...c) eep 4
...d) bleh 1
...e) meep 4
...f) feh 4
...g) gah 2

5. frustrated [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] accomplished
...a) meh 2
...b) blah 3
...c) eep 4
...d) bleh 2
...e) meep 4
...f) feh 2
...g) gah 4

6. pleased [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] angry
...a) meh 6
...b) blah 4
...c) eep 2
...d) bleh 4
...e) meep 1
...f) feh 5
...g) gah 4

7. timid [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] assertive
...a) meh 6
...b) blah 4
...c) eep 3
...d) bleh 4
...e) meep 2
...f) feh 6
...g) gah 3

8. positive [1]..[2]..[3]..[4]..[5]..[6]..[7] negative
...a) meh 5
...b) blah 5
...c) eep 2
...d) bleh 4
...e) meep 1
...f) feh 4
...g) gah 3

Gaaaaaaaaaah! Isn't that enough a'ready?? (has the attention span of a gnat, I'm telling you)

~Pip