mfaith Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 If you have a few minutes to take a short (five question) survey for a college sociology project I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance! Survey Quote
mtep Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 Just did it. One piece of feedback: I've been injured climbing three times, but they were all athletic injuries to my fingers due to over-use and had absolutely nothing to do with free-soloing. This will likely be a common data point unless you reframe your questioning to filter out this type of injury. (my assumption is that you're looking for a correlation (or not) between free soloists and injury) Quote
Lodestone Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 Just did it. One piece of feedback: I've been injured climbing three times, but they were all athletic injuries to my fingers due to over-use and had absolutely nothing to do with free-soloing. This will likely be a common data point unless you reframe your questioning to filter out this type of injury. (my assumption is that you're looking for a correlation (or not) between free soloists and injury) Similar situation here. I've free-soloed climbs occasionally. I'm also dealing with elbow tendinitis. Neither are related. Chad Quote
selkirk Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 +1 Been injured 2 times - 1x lead climbing in the gym, tweaked a finger tendon - 1x lead climbing trad outdoors, fell ended up with a mild ankle sprain. While I don't free solo, I would guess if anything free soloing and injuries would be inversely related. Seems like injuries come from pushing yourself to your personal physical / technical limit and taking falls, both of which seem anathema if you want to live very long free soloing. Josh Quote
billcoe Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 If you have a few minutes to take a short (five question) survey for a college sociology project I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance! Survey Cough* insurance institute of America* cough* Quote
pcg Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 How many people injured free soloing are able to take this survey? Quote
mfaith Posted June 6, 2011 Author Posted June 6, 2011 Cough* insurance institute of America* cough* Unemployed college student and climber. Quote
AlpineK Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 How many people injured free soloing are able to take this survey? Add the question: Are you currently unconscious or dead? Quote
Fromage Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Linky no worky. Warning: as a recovering statistician and social science researcher, I have seen a survey or two in my time and take them more seriously than most. Since the survey isn't opening for me, I can offer this: If you want meaningful results from your survey, your sample needs to be truly random. For exploring such a specific research question (as I can infer from the other posters' replies), this is rather challenging to achieve. If you post a request to take your survey here, or on other climbing discussion boards, you do not get a random sample. You get a self-selecting sample of people who read internet discussion boards. This is not a statistically valid sample and by extension any conclusions you draw from it will be meaningless. Granted, this is a class project that is on sociology- not a doctoral thesis- and the guidelines for research methodology are probably pretty relaxed. Even so, be cautious in how you present your findings. Quote
denalidave Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Linky no worky. Do injuries to my marriage caused be free soling count? Quote
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