Psychology Study - Characteristics of Poker Players who use Online Poker Forums
You are invited to complete a brief online survey as part of a psychology study exploring characteristics of poker players who participate in online poker forums. The study is being conducted by Dr. Will Shead, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The purpose of this study is to gather descriptive information about poker players, particularly those who participate in online poker forums. The survey takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.
If you reside in Canada and you are at least 19 years of age or if you reside outside of Canada and you are at least 21 years of age, you are welcome to participate in this study. If you wish to participate, please follow the link below which will take you to an external website where the survey is located. Potential participants must read the informed consent page providing detailed information on the study.
Click here to participate in the survey
The University Research Ethics Board (UREB) of MSVU has reviewed the proposal for this study and confirms that it respects the Tri-Council Policy Statement regarding the ethics of research involving human participants (MSVU UREB File #: 2010-028).
If you reside in Canada and you are at least 19 years of age or if you reside outside of Canada and you are at least 21 years of age, you are welcome to participate in this study. If you wish to participate, please follow the link below which will take you to an external website where the survey is located. Potential participants must read the informed consent page providing detailed information on the study.
Click here to participate in the survey
The University Research Ethics Board (UREB) of MSVU has reviewed the proposal for this study and confirms that it respects the Tri-Council Policy Statement regarding the ethics of research involving human participants (MSVU UREB File #: 2010-028).
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I’m conducting the above study which aims to gather descriptive information about poker players. I’m particularly interested in examining poker players who participate in online poker forums such as pokerforum.ca.
If you would like more details about the study not contained in the informed consent page before you choose to participate, or if you have any questions or comments about the study, you may contact me at will.shead@msvu.ca. Alternatively you can post your comments in this thread and I will respond to them as soon as possible.
A summary of the final data will be posted in this thread at the conclusion of the study. Thank you in advance for your participation and contributions to this study. I believe the findings will provide new and valuable insights into poker players.
Regards,
Will
In short, gambling is bad, mmmmmmmkay?
Gamblers have psychological problems.
Governments should give more tax $$$ to study said problem.
we could use the money we generate off government run gambling sites....
i guess then the tax money generated from cigarettes and booze goes to funding cancer and rehab programs.
My point is that people should be allowed the freedom to make their own decisions, even if those decisons prove to be self-destructive.
Government's role should be as a framer and regulator, not an operator. Government, ideally, should be as minimally intrusive on an individual's day to day existence as possible.
The problem you get with government intrusion into gaming, or ciggies for that matter, is that the government becomes the biggest addict. Look at lotteries. Every change you see the OLG make is designed to increase the OLG's take, while reducing the payouts to the customers.
Will
yup
Where's our summary? I need it for my next doctors visit...
lol...I'm also curious to see the results.