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Category Archives: Surveys/questionnaires
Lapdancing research update – The Regulatory Dance
TweetThere are many times in a researcher’s career when you really wish you could have come up with a particular study idea, got it funded, and supervised it to completion. One recent example for me was the ESRC funded project that aimed to find out more about lap dancing. Over the past year researchers have [...]
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Turning tricks: A horrid Halloween tale of a polling company, a parenting website and the misrepresentation of mothers
Tweet Yesterday I was alerted to a worrying press release by @MrMMarsh (who has an amazing track record in critiquing commercial surveys). It was for Bounty.com – a parenting website, conducted by OnePoll. It claimed “one in 10 women have tricked a man into getting them pregnant with less than half actually wanting the person [...]
Also posted in Contraception, Parents, Postnatal, PR, Pregnancy Comments closed
Politics, PR, science and evidence making – lessons from the field
TweetOne thing that has marked this election is the growing focus on science issues. This has partly been down to the interest of some politicians in the subject, and mostly due to the activism of a number of scientists (natural and social), science journalists and bloggers. The focus of these discussions has been around tackling [...]
Also posted in Evidence based, Reproductive health, Safer sex, Sex education, Sexually transmitted infection(s), Technology, Television Comments closed
‘Rigged for her displeasure’* – Problems with Durex’s UK Sex Survey 2010
TweetThe latest UK Durex Sex Survey was launched this weekend, and it’s clearly pinned around topical media favourites of cheating, sexting and promiscuity. Among other things the study claims British people have sex four to five times a week, and paints a picture of UK residents where 1/3 would have sex with anyone for £1 [...]
Also posted in Condom(s), Critical appraisal Comments closed
Research participants wanted – study on male body image and sexuality
TweetStaff in the Department of Psychology at McGill University, Canada are conducting an online study exploring male body image and sexuality. The research is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and involves completing a survey that asks about men’s attitudes towards their body. Male participants are welcome to participate and the study [...]
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Am I bovvered…about not desiring sex?
A drug company has launched a new study and patient registry to measure female sexual problems. Using a five question quick checklist you can now be diagnosed as dysfunctional.
Also posted in Female Sexual Dysfunction, Flibanserin, Sexual dysfunction Comments closed
How television constructs sex – an evolving case study of a prime time sex series
This is a longer blog than usual that tracks my observations over the past few weeks a TV series I’ve been involved with. It looks at how ‘sex’ is framed for prime time television, and discusses whether our current approach to sex programming may not be presenting sex in accurate or informative ways.
Also posted in Case studies, Celebrity, Sex education, Television Comments closed
TV company make some changes to a sex survey, but not enough to make it useful and unbiased
It's pretty common for journalists to throw together slapdash surveys to inform or underpin stories/programmes. And it's equally common for social scientists like me to be irritated by this bad practice. Usually feedback to improve surveys is ignored, but here's an example where it seems like journalists did pay attention - and improved their practice.
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Journalists who run bad and biased surveys beware! Your audience is starting to speak out against shoddy practice
A UK television show has been caught out running a dodgy survey. This blog talks about why the survey was duff, the ramifications of such bad research, and explains how such slipshod practice is very easily avoided.
Also posted in Breasts, Television Comments closed
Teenagers and group sex: a cause for concern?