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Academic Sasquatch Research

Maybe ACS & the UCO academic committee already decided that no belief is a statistical equilvalent of low belief. Maybe they did a previous survey to establish the truth of this. Maybe the limited choice is based on the given inability to prove a negative, and that any strong skeptic ("I don't believe Bigfoot exists at all") must still wear an armband that says "Bigfoot might exist, no matter what I think." BF skeptics are always obligated (by the conventions of epistemology and science) to say that Bigfoot might exist. That implied and well-known obligation might cause a university survey team to conclude that a position of "Bigfoot does not exist" is not any kind of a scientifically-valid position, and does not deserve its own check box on a survey.

ACS can now tell me if I just put too much thought and concern into why we are not offered the choice of no belief in Bigfoot.
 
How does Sasquatch cope with those who don't believe in him?
 
LTC8K6 said:
Survey results will probably be something about bigfoot believers having unique traits.
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But that unique trait will not be determined to be a trait of being wrong about Bigfoot.

The survey wants to look for correlations between Bigfoot belief and coping behavior? Why not look for correlations between strong Bigfoot belief and strong religious beliefs or strong nationalistic military support?

I'm just as much of an armchair observer and skeptic as anyone else - but I've always been intrigued by how many strong Bigfoot believers are also strongly religious (including creationists), and/or are strongly supportive of military or paramilitary aspects. I keep seeing creationists posting of their strong beliefs in Bigfoot. I keep seeing military and paramilitary guys talking about the search for Bigfoot (which they believe exists) being something like a standard search mission with the standard military accessories to protect you from enemy forces (when you search for Bigfoot - you need to bring good binoculars, good camouflage and heavy penetrating ordinance).

All of this may be a speculative and stereotypical evaluation of strong Bigfoot believers. But I can't help noticing all of the religious and military-oriented Bigfoot believers. I just had to say it and thought this was a good time to do it.
 
Believe it or not, if you do some modest googling you can find photos of invisible bigfoot.

I kid you not.
 
I obviously don't want to say too much as the research is in progress, but I will say that "no belief" would be included in the low belief category, just as "I know for sure it exists" would be included in the high belief category. The model of the research is based on a previously published design in a different area of research.
 
Couldn't you have come up with a couple more ways to rephrase "talked to someone to feel better"?
 
Btw, someone mentioned taking the survey multiple times. You can do that as many times as you like, but the survey is sophisticated enough to catch this, and it doesn't matter if you remove cookies or not. When you do this, I obviously can't use your data.

Thanks to everyone who has participated! :)
 
ACS said:
Btw, someone mentioned taking the survey multiple times. You can do that as many times as you like, but the survey is sophisticated enough to catch this, and it doesn't matter if you remove cookies or not. When you do this, I obviously can't use your data.

Thanks to everyone who has participated! :)
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So the software is somehow sophisticated enough to determine that it was me entering data from 7 different IPs?

WOW! Omniscience software! What next, Precognitive QuickBasic?
 
ACS said:
what the registration thing was someone mentioned early in the thread. Everything about this research is on the level and thoroughly perused and approved by an academic committee at the University of Central Oklahoma.
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Who are they?
 
ACS said:
I've been interested and involved in sasquatch research for a while now. Most of the research has focused on physical evidence of the creature's existence with little progress made. I'm starting some research into the people who believe in the creature's existence and would welcome any participation from the members here. Whether you believe or not, your input would be appreciated. The current study is looking at coping styles. You'll be asked some questions about your level of belief and then some questions about how you coped with a recent problem. If you're interested in taking the survey, it is located at the Alliance of Independent Bigfoot Researcher's homepage (bigfootresearch.com) and will soon be available at the Sasquatch Research Initiative website (sasquatchonline.com). The survey is about halfway down the page under the title "Survey on Sasquatch Beliefs Seeks Your Participation!" This is actual research being conducted under the supervision of psychologists and the results will be published for all to see. Thanks to those who participate.

Mark Banta
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Except the AIBR has already kicked everyone out who knows that the Bigfoot are paranormal. So the survey is pre-contaminated with flesh & blood believers. Even the site owner's have stated in private that the Bigfoot are paranormal, but have then vehemenantly denied it both in public and on their site. So, garbage in = garbage out!
 
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