Hi again!
First off, I want to thank you all for your responses, I honestly didn't expect to get so many and I'm really grateful to all of you for taking the time to do so and especially the feedback I was given. I read all the responses and it's really heartwarming to be a part of such a supportive community! In response to some of the questions raised, I used 'risk' and 'danger' interchangeably and see in hindsight how providing more clarity on what specifically I meant by them would be helpful, as each sport involve many different scenarios leaving the words open to interpretation. In order to keep it concise but more clear, I think I'd stick to one term going forward and provide a brief definition, as well as provide anchors explaining my scaling options as suggested, so thank you again for all your feedback!
If you're interested in the reason behind this survey, I've provided an explanation below:
This study was a pretty short-term project, assigned for a 1 semester class, and the goal of they survey was to compare the public perception of diving to that of people with firsthand experience with it (basically what TMHeimer said). Our assignment was to prove or disprove an assumption held about a certain group on our campus, and I chose to focus on our Scuba Diving club; since it was small however, I reached out here to gather a wider sample. My intention was to see if non-divers perceived diving to be more dangerous than divers themselves did, and based of this data to argue that diving can be much less dangerous than people perceive it to be. This being due to the fact that, although in certain circumstances the health-effects can be extreme, for those staying well within safe limits and with proper mitigation of risks, it can be very safe! The data I've gathered from your responses and others supports this too
Thanks again!!
First off, I want to thank you all for your responses, I honestly didn't expect to get so many and I'm really grateful to all of you for taking the time to do so and especially the feedback I was given. I read all the responses and it's really heartwarming to be a part of such a supportive community! In response to some of the questions raised, I used 'risk' and 'danger' interchangeably and see in hindsight how providing more clarity on what specifically I meant by them would be helpful, as each sport involve many different scenarios leaving the words open to interpretation. In order to keep it concise but more clear, I think I'd stick to one term going forward and provide a brief definition, as well as provide anchors explaining my scaling options as suggested, so thank you again for all your feedback!
If you're interested in the reason behind this survey, I've provided an explanation below:
This study was a pretty short-term project, assigned for a 1 semester class, and the goal of they survey was to compare the public perception of diving to that of people with firsthand experience with it (basically what TMHeimer said). Our assignment was to prove or disprove an assumption held about a certain group on our campus, and I chose to focus on our Scuba Diving club; since it was small however, I reached out here to gather a wider sample. My intention was to see if non-divers perceived diving to be more dangerous than divers themselves did, and based of this data to argue that diving can be much less dangerous than people perceive it to be. This being due to the fact that, although in certain circumstances the health-effects can be extreme, for those staying well within safe limits and with proper mitigation of risks, it can be very safe! The data I've gathered from your responses and others supports this too
Thanks again!!
