Comments on: Climbing Magazine 2008 Reader Survey

By: Tom Markiewicz

Tom Markiewicz — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:35:53 +0000

I’m a subscriber to both as well (actually R&I too) and I took a quick look at the UC survey and cringed. Basically the same survey (I know it’s the same parent company but come on) and I’m not sure I have the bandwidth right now to do another one – though I have much more constructive criticism for UC.

I actually had some lessons in designing surveys in a business school class and basically all I remember is that this is not trival. How you ask questions is important and so are the answers provided too. So your point about “Sucks” is spot on!

By: Climbing Narcissist

Climbing Narcissist — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:29:28 +0000

I think the problem is that the 2 surveys are targeted at two different subscriber bases, being that I am loyal (got both subscriptions for free) reader I am somewhat of an overlapping reader.

The UC survey was quite long though. Using terms like “Sucks” as one of the choices was not the best way to construct a survey either

By: Tom Markiewicz

Tom Markiewicz — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:23:46 +0000

Thanks for the link. Yeah, they have some work to do in understanding how to construct effective surveys that people will actually fill out…

By: Climbing Narcissist

Climbing Narcissist — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:04:38 +0000

Urban Climber has a similar survey going as well:

http://www.urbanclimbermag.com/ts/2008UrbanClimber_Reader_Survey.html

I became so fatigued after completing the UC survey that I couldn’t muster the energy to do the Climbing one. Perhaps next week.