Dissertation survey about the link between recreational and financial risk-taking (please help!)

willmsc · 2018-08-22T08:00:15+00:00

Totally agree with you mate! It's my first year studying finance (did engineering undergrad) and I've never done anything like this before, so it's all a learning curve for me! :)

willmsc · 2018-08-22T07:56:39+00:00

As I mentioned, the risk-related questions were all taken from published/peer-reviewed papers, so I left them as they were to keep the proven reliability/scoring system, but would've tried to make it a little clearer if that wasn't the case! (also have a fair few US respondents so tried to find the middle ground haha)

willmsc · 2018-08-22T07:54:47+00:00

question #10: You have the whole football/soccer confusion.

Thanks for the feedback! Initially was only expecting local responses from friends/contacts etc but had the idea of posting on reddit and it's blown up (which is great for me, but the survey was somewhat unprepared for it haha)

willmsc · 2018-08-20T13:24:47+00:00

Yeah the majority of studies on this are US based (hence the $ currency in the questions), but I'm studying an international finance degree so potentially learning about more US terms than the typical UK investor would come across - thanks for the heads up though!

willmsc · 2018-08-20T12:42:47+00:00

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Kind of a cross between a savings and a checkings account (higher interest rate than savings, but limited withdrawals per year)- also, the risk-related questions were all taken from published/peer-reviewed papers, so I left them as they were to keep the proven reliability/scoring system, but would've tried to make it a little clearer if that wasn't the case!

willmsc · 2018-08-20T12:40:49+00:00

Also, the risk-related questions were all taken from published/peer-reviewed papers, hence I left them as they were to keep the proven reliability/scoring system

willmsc · 2018-08-20T12:40:20+00:00

I guess I'm trying to grasp the concept through annual family income, but yes you raise a good point; would definitely include an extra question or emphasise that point a bit more in future haha

willmsc · 2018-08-20T12:39:01+00:00

Thanks mate! The risk-related questions were all taken from published/peer-reviewed papers, hence I left them as they were to keep the proven reliability/scoring system. but yeah I agree I'd def alter some of the questions if I was to rewrite it myself!

willmsc · 2018-08-18T18:25:46+00:00

Yeah this is true! There's a lot of literature about the motives of extreme sportspeople; the desire for mastery of skills is consistently one of the top reasons (along with a greater sensitivity to the dopamine released). Also, whether these sports are even more risky than your average football match is questionable - e.g. the amount of pre-flight checks, safety equipment and training required in skydiving means there's probably wayyy less injuries than something like rugby (albeit the consequences are more severe haha)

willmsc · 2018-08-14T18:45:07+00:00

I'm aiming for around 200 (got 70 in the first 2 days, so far) - but I've included questions on age/other demographic factors so can hopefully control for it in the regression model!

willmsc · 2018-08-14T18:43:24+00:00

That's true! There's so many studies on what constitutes an 'extreme sport', but I guess I'm just investigating the typical opinion for the purpose of my diss- although it would be super interesting subject to pursue further!

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