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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: davidbennett1819 on February 23, 2016, 17:05:21 PM
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Hi fellow cat lovers (-:
Im on the final year of an honours degree in animal science and management and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to fill in my cat dissertation survey?
It shouldnt take more than 5 minutes, and Id be happy to share my results with anyone whos interested (just leave your email/contact in the comments box at the end if youd like the data).
Hope its OK to put this here, Ill happily take it down if not.
Thank you so much in advance everyone (-:
EDIT: Here's the link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/87XKSGH
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Done - although I'm still waiting to see those photos of Twosocks :shify:
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Also done. Good luck with your survey David. :) Would love to know how you get on. And yeah - why no piccies of Twosocks, eh? :-: :sneaky: :evillaugh:
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Done and am sure we would all like to see the results ;D
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Done it for you about my cat. :shocked: Good luck
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Just completed. It was fun. Had to chose Billy as he is oldest. That will skew a few results! :naughty:
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Just completed. It was fun. Had to chose Billy as he is oldest. That will skew a few results! :naughty:
:evillaugh: Aw, Billy boy....... :Luv:
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Done for you :)
Good luck for the rest of your course
Julz xx
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I did it for my Kylie - who is totally different at 17 to how she was when she was younger, but done anyway.
I started an Animal Management degree at Hadlow about 6 years ago, but had to give up in the 2nd year due to health issues.
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Hi everyone, thanks so much for everyone who responded (-: Between the responses here and elsewhere Ive got 120 responses - plenty for analysis, so Im closing the survey down for the moment.
So far, the results have been really interesting. About 60% of people have given their cats "human" names, like Toby or James, and it looks like caats with human names are seen as more attached to their keepers.
Also, cursory compilation of the data suggests that cats which are played with and/or petted more exhibit more attachment behaviours, as do cats who have lived with their humans longer.
Thats just based on preliminary analysis mind - I'll post the more detailed results once Ive (yuck) run stats on them.
Thank you all so much (-:
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That's really interesting David. Look forward to hearing more. :)
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About 60% of people have given their cats "human" names, like Toby or James, and it looks like caats with human names are seen as more attached to their keepers
I bet mine threw you (Mosi) ;D It is a human name - if you live in Africa!
One thing you might want to take into account when looking at the results is that if using a tablet or phone it is very easy to select or deselect answers by accident when swiping to scroll down the screen. I've noticed this before when completing these surveys. I completed it on my phone and when answering multiple choice questions I would select my answer then swipe to move down the screen only to find the swipe action changed my answer to something different. I think I noticed them all but one or 2 nearly slipped by unnoticed.
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Well, this is embarassing. It must not have sent properly when I was on here last time.
Anyway. In the end, once I'd run the stats fully it turned out that name type didn't make any difference after all. However, cats which were played with more were more likely to exhibit stronger signs of attachment. In addition, having a cat for longer produced the same effect (not too surprising for all us cat fans who know our bonds grow stronger with time :) ) as does adopting the cat at an earlier age.
However, having multiple cats may negatively influence attachment - although this could also be cats have to compete for opportunities to exhibit.
In a blow for certain peoples views that cats are very much a "pet for her", there was no difference in attachment based on human gender.
Thank you so much again to everyone who responded (-: and to this community as a whole for letting me post here. I'm attempting to get it published, if I'm successful I'll post a link to the abstract.
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Thanks David. That's really interesting to see the results
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I spoke to my dissertation advisor earlier, and he recommended I gather some more responses prior to getting it published, so I was wondering if anyone else was feeling generous?
Here's the new link:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/KFPNSRW
Thank you so much to all respondents, both past and present (-:
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Done David, hope it helps.
Paula xxx
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Also done. Good luck and every success to you. :)
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Brilliant, thank you so much. I'm almost there, only need a few more and I'll be ready to re-analyse (-:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/KFPNSRW