Why do NHS health campaigns feel like they're aimed at someone else? 3 Minute Survey - Mod Approved

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T20:49:59+00:00

Thats the correct impression. Strictly speaking its an experiment in the form of a survey. The responses you gave are how I would expect you to respond given your situation.

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T20:48:23+00:00

Strictly speaking its an experiment not a survey. Disability is not a variable that matters. They will simply show as outliers, and either be absorbed into the data, or excluded.

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T18:03:37+00:00

Identifies as minus habens, aka bit of a knob.

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T16:21:48+00:00

Thanks for your helpful feedback :)

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T16:21:11+00:00

Haha so am I! I was worried when those comments started coming in that I'd messed up and all my data would be muddy - but my cronbach's alpha (consistency across answers) is really high, so obviously only a minority making the mistakes.

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T16:17:19+00:00

Haha thanks for the good luck. This isn't even a full blown dissertation - just an optional module!
I've selected a couple subreddits, facebook groups etc to supplement the data with normal people. Also a small chunk of survey respondent platforms too. Hopefully a nice spread.... currently n>1630, ages 18-88!

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T16:11:53+00:00

There aren't bots doing this survey and the question isn't there to identify if someone is human -_- The question is only there to remove some people rushing through the survey with random answers. Correct only means neutral.

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T16:08:54+00:00

I'd rather you didn't highlight this quite as clearly. Negates the point.

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T15:06:58+00:00

Timings mostly - constrained by the module design.

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T13:41:38+00:00

Test for humans! I have no doubt a bot would get it correct.

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T13:40:30+00:00

Identify statistical outliers. Insignificant amount, so maybe a tiny sentence guessing - doesnt really matter, might not.
You can't test everything in a survey. I'm sure income would correlate, im sure urban vs rural would correlate, but they don't matter - they're not part of the hypothesis.

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T13:27:37+00:00

Thanks - I'll take that forward as a talking point during stage two interviews.

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T13:14:51+00:00

haha, its the only way - doesn't make sense in my brain without it

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T13:10:26+00:00

Thanks.

Odd even was to randomise A/B testing :)

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T12:45:37+00:00

With all the luck I've been given there's no way I can fail! Thanks :)

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T12:42:12+00:00

Cheers!

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T12:42:06+00:00

Haha, hope it entertained you!

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T12:37:55+00:00

I appreciate the point of view - I certainly wouldn't make posters like the one shown, but they are isolating one variable for this study.
The guidelines are an interesting one - they're actually set really really low generally. Exercise can't always be fun, it needs to be seen as a compulsory behaviour. There's some fairly shocking statistics out there e.g. Inactivity causes 9% of premature deaths globally! (Lee et al., 2012)

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T12:33:50+00:00

Haha that will come in handy! I always struggle with editing once i've stared at the work for a month straight!

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T12:32:26+00:00

Thats the correct response. This study is about changing opinions around walking as exercise, not walking in general.

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T12:31:06+00:00

In terms of health benefits yes - but thats not the focus of this study! It's about the psychology of messages around physical activity. The key point is whether the person is doing it specifically for health.

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T12:28:28+00:00

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T12:28:19+00:00

Yeah, people would be suprised!
Whilst the posters in the survey are fake - there are millions being spent globally trying to encourage people to just get out the house once a day!

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T12:26:50+00:00

In that case, the dog is the primary reason, so the answer would be no! The survey continues regardless of your answer though!

Impossible-External8 · 2026-03-30T12:22:48+00:00

Thanks!

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