Posts by JW_Researcher

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Manchester UK to Oxford (Assistance Please)

by JW_Researcher in

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friends

if you have knowledge about travel in the uk, i'd appreciate your assistance.. i need to get from the manchester airport to oxford.

when i look at the train website (http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/index.html) i see there are trains that run frequently and seem to be inexpensive enough.. is that the best way to travel?

i don't want to rent a car.

JW_Researcher

Thanks very much for the tip and URL. I'll check it out.

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Manchester UK to Oxford (Assistance Please)

by JW_Researcher in

jw
friends

if you have knowledge about travel in the uk, i'd appreciate your assistance.. i need to get from the manchester airport to oxford.

when i look at the train website (http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/index.html) i see there are trains that run frequently and seem to be inexpensive enough.. is that the best way to travel?

i don't want to rent a car.

JW_Researcher

Greetings,

If you have knowledge about travel in the UK, I'd appreciate your assistance.

I need to get from the Manchester airport to Oxford. When I look at the train website ( http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/index.html ) I see there are trains that run frequently and seem to be inexpensive enough.

Is that the best way to travel? I don't want to rent a car. Any other suggestions?

Is there anything I need to know about the trains? Should I purchase tickets before I go or just buy them on site?

Thanks for any ideas.

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What Pastor Russell Wrote for the Overland Monthly!----Originals!

by Atlantis in

what pastor russell wrote for the overland monthly!

one researcher wrote to us asking if we knew where he could find the "originals" of the overland monthly in order to do some research.

we wrote back to him and sent him the links to the originals and thought other researchers might want these links also.

JW_Researcher

Thank you very much!

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Watchtower & Awake mags need leaked to the net

by drew sagan in

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just wondering if anybody out there still get the mags and is able to leak them to the internet.

just the other day i realized that i haven't looked at a new watchtower or awake in months.

i think it's pretty funny that on this board elders letters and things from hq get leaked, but the literature doesn't seem to make its way around.

JW_Researcher

Instead of hosting PDFs on a site to download from why not just have a handful of "apostates" who are willing to email PDFs to anyone who asks for a copy?

I'd be happy to assist. If someone would snail mail them to me I could scan and e-mail a PDF to others who are interested for research or review purposes, or other "fair use" purposes.

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Academic Survey: Ex-JW Participants Needed

by JW_Researcher in

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.

JW_Researcher

I'm in. I think. I may have broken the "submit" thingie. It doesn't seem to want to accept my answers. Seriously. It won't accept my answers.
Frannie

Sorry Frannie. I'm certain it's nothing personal. Sometimes the site is as fast as lightening. Other times fairly slow.

The only work-around that I can come up with (someone from the board did this so I didn't really "come up with it") is to complete the form, "select all" (right click anywhere on page), and paste it into an e-mail to me. My regular e-mail address is at the top of the survey form. I will enter the data and destroy the e-mail.

OBVIOUSLY this is not for everyone. If you're trying to stay anonymous, please don't send me an e-mail. I noticed the site is quicker in the morning also.

I have no idea how many surveys they are running this weekend so....it may simply be near its capacity.

Thank you for trying.

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Academic Survey: Ex-JW Participants Needed

by JW_Researcher in

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.

JW_Researcher

I just took it.

Good luck with your study!

Okay posted my responses just for yucks.

Thank you for the good wishes and participation! I need about 26 more to make 200 but either way I'll take the page down tomorrow.

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Competition Between the Ex-JW boards ?

by JW_Researcher in

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please excuse my ignorance regarding this.. i posted a solicitation for this little survey i'm doing here .

http://kent.steinhaug.no/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4910.

a poster named "queen beetle" got all excited because the title of the survey referenced jwd which she couldn't (evidently) bring herself to type out (using "xxx" instead).. i explained why i named it jwd but...i sensed some animosity (color me sensitive).. do some folks have a problem with jwd?

JW_Researcher

I've lurked on many of these boards for more than two years. The opinion of some seems to be that JWD is for the uptight and self-righteous.

Thank you for the feedback. I guess that is my shortcoming, I'm really not familiar with the other boards. I was just a bit surprised that there was sniping going on between members of the "same side." Not a large bit surprised but surprised.

I also agree regarding the search box. Google with "site:www.jehovahs-witness.com [search term here]" (without the quotes and with the brackets and their contents being replaced with the actual search term) works reasonably well.

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Competition Between the Ex-JW boards ?

by JW_Researcher in

jw
friends

please excuse my ignorance regarding this.. i posted a solicitation for this little survey i'm doing here .

http://kent.steinhaug.no/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4910.

a poster named "queen beetle" got all excited because the title of the survey referenced jwd which she couldn't (evidently) bring herself to type out (using "xxx" instead).. i explained why i named it jwd but...i sensed some animosity (color me sensitive).. do some folks have a problem with jwd?

JW_Researcher

Please excuse my ignorance regarding this.

I posted a solicitation for this little survey I'm doing here

http://kent.steinhaug.no/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4910

A poster named "queen beetle" got all excited because the title of the survey referenced JWD which she couldn't (evidently) bring herself to type out (using "XXX" instead).

I explained why I named it JWD but...I sensed some animosity (color me sensitive).

Do some folks have a problem with JWD? Obviously a poster here and there would but ....is it a bigger phenomenon? Is there a competition between the ex-JW boards?

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Academic Survey: Ex-JW Participants Needed

by JW_Researcher in

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.

JW_Researcher

Thank you Codeblue.

Does that mean there is a flaw in the survey or in me?

The error is mine Slimboyfat. I apologize. The question attempts to get at whether one became a JW due to parental influence or not ..."as an adult."

I should have placed a text box for "other."

If you feel like trying again and selecting "as an adult" that would capture the data correctly.

Either way, thanks for trying.

I needed some continuous variables and some categorical variables.

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Academic Survey: Ex-JW Participants Needed

by JW_Researcher in

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.

JW_Researcher

They are aware of it, but do we need to feed it to them? If your doing this study for a class, how does posting the results on this board effect your grade? I wanted to participate in the survey, sadly I am part of the five or less group and I can't in good consciense contribute if the answers will not be confidential.

Once again, I'm a bit confused. I did not represent that "posting the results on this board [will] effect [my] grade"? Where does this thought originate? Junction-Guy wrote:

You're welcome, please share the results with us, once they are tallied up.

If you look at some of the threads, the "polling" type threads are generally popular.

For example, Minimus' thread "How far did you get in the organization?" highlighted all of the talent the WTBTS has lost. Of course, it also "fed" the WTBTS the information that some individuals with "privileges of service" leave the WTBTS.

As I have stressed, the survey and its results, are completely confidential. If the aggregated results are posted, not one person can be identified. I can not identify individuals even if that was a desire. It is not possible to identify individuals from the survey. In my opinion, to think otherwise seems to be "magical thinking" and a bit paranoid.

Healthy skepticism is great. However, thus far, I have not seen your concerns supported or, really, even articulated.

While I am appreciative that your questions have kept this thread toward the top of the board, your concerns are completely without merit.

I greatly appreciate those who have spent the 3 or 4 minutes it takes to complete the survey. To those who are fearful, I understand your non-participation.

Thank you.