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  Academic Survey: Ex-JW Participants Needed

  by JW_Researcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  im conducting an exploratory survey for a methodology class.. there are 20 questions.

  all answers are strictly confidential.. neither i nor anyone else will be able to identify a survey participant.

  no ip address will be logged.

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  JW_Researcher

  When the WBTS reads this they can see it as dollars and cents. 34 to 1. They will control parents with new methods of raising children to ensure new adults to control in the future. 34 is a target area and if you can weaken that mind with better brainwashing, the money is as good as in your pocket.

  I see. So your fear is that the WTBTS will "discover" that some folks who are raised as JWs don't remain JWs as adults.

  After the WTBTS "discovers" this by means of the survey's self-selected sample (the numbers are niether "representative" nor "generalizable" past the sample), the WTBTS will develop more brainwashing tactics to keep young JWs from leaving.

  So, in your opinion, prior to this thread, the WTBTS was not aware that many "young ones" leave?
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  Academic Survey: Ex-JW Participants Needed

  by JW_Researcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  im conducting an exploratory survey for a methodology class.. there are 20 questions.

  all answers are strictly confidential.. neither i nor anyone else will be able to identify a survey participant.

  no ip address will be logged.

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  JW_Researcher

  Sorry I posted to your first question before I saw this comment.

  Ooopps! That survey doesn't look confidential to ME! I think many on this board will agree that raising children in a JW environment is, to be polite, not the best and the survey in my opinion exposes as a weakness that other's can exploit. Not that they aren't working hard on it already.

  The survey is completely confidential. If you individually feel uncomfortable, please don't participate. It's completely voluntary.

  It is unethical to claim confidentiality where none exists. Universities (at least the universities with which I've been associated) don't tolerate misrepresentation of that type.

  Please describe how this could be "exploited." Thank you.
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  Academic Survey: Ex-JW Participants Needed

  by JW_Researcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  im conducting an exploratory survey for a methodology class.. there are 20 questions.

  all answers are strictly confidential.. neither i nor anyone else will be able to identify a survey participant.

  no ip address will be logged.

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  JW_Researcher

  Will the results, now that you have displayed them, benifit the JWs in any way?

  Perish the thought! I can't imagine that it will benefit JWs in any way. No one is identified and no one is identifiable. Do you have a thought regarding how the results might benefit JWs in some way?
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  Academic Survey: Ex-JW Participants Needed

  by JW_Researcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  im conducting an exploratory survey for a methodology class.. there are 20 questions.

  all answers are strictly confidential.. neither i nor anyone else will be able to identify a survey participant.

  no ip address will be logged.

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  JW_Researcher

  The sheet would not upload

  I too had a problem, but it was only after I attempted to submit it, it never finished it kept saying "waiting" and then my computer crashed and I had to reboot, so now I am a little frightened to try it again. Any suggestion on what might have happened (yes, I recognize it could be user error, but considering I did not have to do anything other than press some buttons, I cannot imagine how I screwed that one up).

  I just tried it and it seems to be working fine. Perhaps it was down for a bit (as happens here at JWD from time to time)? I'm not certain.

  Please try again. Your input is valuable.

  Thank you.
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  Academic Survey: Ex-JW Participants Needed

  by JW_Researcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  im conducting an exploratory survey for a methodology class.. there are 20 questions.

  all answers are strictly confidential.. neither i nor anyone else will be able to identify a survey participant.

  no ip address will be logged.

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  JW_Researcher

  60 responses...thanks very much.

  Looks like 3 of 4 of us were married for at least part of our stint as JWs.

  </form>

  04. Did you spend any of your time as a JW as a married person?

  Answer Count Percent No 16 26.67% Yes 44 73.33%
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  Academic Survey: Ex-JW Participants Needed

  by JW_Researcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  im conducting an exploratory survey for a methodology class.. there are 20 questions.

  all answers are strictly confidential.. neither i nor anyone else will be able to identify a survey participant.

  no ip address will be logged.

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  JW_Researcher

  I just checked and there are 48 respondents so far! That's fantastic.

  As I mentioned, this is an exploratory survey. I'm going to generate a paper and demonstrate different approaches of statistical analysis. The purpose of the survey, then, is to provide me with data for this class but also to, hopefully, be heuristic for a future study.

  My area is communication so my studies have to be communication related. Some of the stuff I've done in the past has not required quantitative analysis ...but this class does.

  At any rate, I'll be happy to post aggregated results (so no one can be identified) and yes, Jeff, you passed the test.

  One "cell" which is a bit small is the "I became a JW as an adult." The following chart shows most respondents where raised as a JW.

  Thanks again for the support.

  </form> 01. Were you raised as a JW? Answer Count Percent No, I became a JW as an adult 10 20.83% Yes, my one or both of my parents were JWs when I was 10 years old or younger 2 4.17% Yes, my one or both of my parents were JWs when I was 15 years old or younger 1 2.08% Yes, my one or both of my parents were JWs when I was 20 years old or younger 1 2.08% Yes, my one or both of my parents were JWs when I was 5 years old or younger 34 70.83%
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  Academic Survey: Ex-JW Participants Needed

  by JW_Researcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  im conducting an exploratory survey for a methodology class.. there are 20 questions.

  all answers are strictly confidential.. neither i nor anyone else will be able to identify a survey participant.

  no ip address will be logged.

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  JW_Researcher

  9 responses already! Thanks very much!

  It should only take 3 or 4 minutes to complete the survey.
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  Academic Survey: Ex-JW Participants Needed

  by JW_Researcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  im conducting an exploratory survey for a methodology class.. there are 20 questions.

  all answers are strictly confidential.. neither i nor anyone else will be able to identify a survey participant.

  no ip address will be logged.

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  JW_Researcher

  Greetings,

  I’m conducting an exploratory survey for a methodology class.

  There are 20 questions. All answers are strictly confidential.

  Neither I nor anyone else will be able to identify a survey participant. No IP address will be logged. No identifying information will be collected.

  If you would like to participate please visit http://intercom.virginia.edu/SurveySuite/Surveys/JWD

  Please PM me with any questions.

  Thank you for your time.

  Steve
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  COMF: Who's still here?

  by COMF in

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  2. friends

  hi, ya'll.

  i left jw's voluntarlily in 1987, still believing but thinking something was wrong with me that caused jehovah to reject me in spite of my best effforts.

  after that it was "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die".

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  JW_Researcher

  I remember you from the old H2O Board.

  Captain of my Fate, right?

  You were articulate and a joy to read. You are one of the few I remember from that board by name. "You Know" is another.

  Best wishes.
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  Jw scholar Rolf Furuli of Oslo University

  by Jeepthing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone here heard of jw scholar rolf furuli of oslo university?

  found him in www.jehovah'sjudgment.co.uk.

  interesting site on 607 bce.

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  JW_Researcher

  There is no possessive apostrophe in the URL http://www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/

  Only one article was located:

  Title:	The Problem of Induction and the Hebrew Verb
  Author(s):	Furuli, Rolf
  Source:	Built on Solid Rock: Studies in Honor of Professor Ebbe Egede Knudsen p 82-90. Oslo: Novus, 1997. OTA0000001144
  Publication Year:	1997
  Language:	English
  Subjects:	Archaeology, Epigraphy, Philology
  Abstract:	F.'s essay discusses the verbal system of Biblical Hebrew from the vantage point of the philosophy of science. According to F., the problem of induction (i.e., that we cannot be sure that an interpretation of a set of data is the right one because there are other possible interpretations) was ignored when the four-component verbal model (Imperfect, Imperfect consecutive, Perfect and Perfect consecutive) for Biblical Hebrew took shape. F. goes on to provide background on how the understanding of the Hebrew verbal system evolved, reviews the shift to an aspectual understanding of the system, describes attacks against the four-component model, and offers suggestions for future research. What is needed, says F., is a 'study which maps all the occurrences of verbs in the Hebrew Bible, DSS, Hebrew inscriptions and Ben Sirah, and comparing the four-component model and the assumptions behind it with these data' (p. 87). [Abstracted by: Ben A. Asen.] Abstract Number: OTA22-1999-FEB-125
  Publication Type:	Essay
  Issued by ATLA:	20050715
  Accession Number:	OTA0000007829
  Database	Old Testament Abstracts