Respondents: A Typology (Part 1)

Sa halos isang linggo ng paglalamay ng panahon upang makapag-survey sa kasuluk-sulukan ng Metro Manila, heto at inaalay ko sa inyo ang isang Survey Special hango sa aking karanasan sa "field" (naks!).

Nahahati ang mga survey respondents sa limang klase: mga BIBO, PASAWAY, PANDAGDAG, MASIPAG, at GOLDEN respondents.

BIBO- from the word itself, ang mga respondents na ito ay mahilig magmagaling at mang-irita ng mga field researchers o survey assistant.

e.g. Sa may Bgy. Ramon Magsaysay sa Munoz, may Bibong Respondent na ipinagpilitang mali ang sentence construction namin. Dapat daw yung statement ay naka-phrase ng "Is it" instead of "It is." Statement nga e, kaya "It is" ang phrasing namin. Kung question pa yun, pwede pang "Is it." Tanga. Buti na lang nag-co-computer and Internet siya, kung hindi, baka nakutusan ko na siya sa inis ko.

Isa pa: e.g.: Si Nick Cervantes na-interview ko sa Bgy. Hagdan Bato, Mandaluyong. Ang hilig mag-singit ng kanyang career achievement, kesyo "I've been using the computer and Internet 30 years before you learned how to use them." Or, "What kind of statement is that?" sabay ngisi sa'min. Hay naku, pwede ba, tigilan niya ko, kahit na-recognize ko name niya, I won't give him the satisfaction that I know him noh!

Ang mga BIBONG respondents kasi, ok sana ma-survey interview, kaso they are wasting our time arguing or trying to argue with us by criticizing instead of cooperating with our survey. Gaya nga ng sabi ko, kung ayaw nyo, wag nyo!

PASAWAY- eto yung tipong ayaw mag-isip na respondent. Fine, pinagbigyan niyo kami na ma-survey kayo, pero wag naman kayo maba-blanko habang sinasayang naming ang aming laway sa kababasa ng survey form para sa inyo. Pag sinabing Agree, Not sure, o Disagree ang choices, Agree, Not sure, o Disagree lang isasagot. Walang labis, walang kulang.

e.g. Habang nagsu-survey ng isang pasaway na respondent sa QC:
AKO: (Reading an attitude statement) Walang pagkakaiba ang lalaki at babae sa...
PASAWAY: (Staring ahead sa kawalan)
AKO: ....kayo po ba ay sang-ayon, di-sang-ayon, o di sigurado?
PASAWAY: (Malilingat sa kanyang daydream) Huh? Ano uli sabi mo? (Ngingiti) Pakiulit?
AKO: (Uulit naman) Walang pagkakaiba...
PASAWAY: Ay, ewan ko, hindi ata ako sigurado...Ay, sang-ayon pala ako.... Ay...

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

ABANGAN: Respondents: A Typology (Part 2)

Yema Addicts Anonymous (YAA): Session One

Know the rules.
Ignorance is not an excuse.
"Bawal ang tumawid, nakamamatay."- MMDA

Lesson 1: YAA Commandments

1. I am the Yema Addict, and I know there had been other Yema Addicts before me.
2. The title "Yema Addict" shall not be taken in vain (i.e., patayin at i-abolish ang titulo na ito).
3. Remember to thwart the Holy Binge and Purge days.
4. Honor Mars, Cadbury, and Hershey's after every meal only (no eating in between).
5. You shall not kill yourself by bingeing on chocolates and other sweets.
6. You shall not covet your friend's chocolate.
7. You shall not STEAL your friend's chocolate (if s/he refuses to share it with you).
8. You shall not deny that you have eaten 1 whole Cadbury bar in 30 seconds flat.
9. You shall not covet other forms of sweets.
10. You shall not covet to destroy these YAA commandments (or else...).


The forbidden fruit.

Muni-muni

DISCLAIMER: This post is just one of the numerous incidents of self-loathing the Yema Addict has constantly inflicted upon herself. These sudden bouts of self-pity often happen when: (1) she has enough time to surf the Net and check her Friendster account; (2) she feels tired and lazy of her work and acads; and (3) she simply feels lonely. These bouts shall pass after 30 minutes of logging out of Friendster. Rest assured that the cheery, optimist, Chin-ist self of the Yema Addict will resume after an hour.

Looking at the happy faces of my friends in Friendster, I begin to wonder how much in life I am missing right now. I hate it when I feel so bad about myself. I hate being negative, but I'm beginning to feel nasty. At myself.

Poor yema addict.

Feet ache

my battered shoe... the loyal friend of a field researcher

After plying the streets of Quezon City, Mandaluyong and Pasig for four days, my feet is now on a mutiny. It refuses to take me as far as our boarding house's gate, so I am now here in our room, wasting my time telling you that my feet aches.

But what the hell. I'm so happy we're finished with more than half of the 400 respondents that we need for our thesis. With 230+ respondents, think of the possibilities we can now do with those accomplished survey forms (yey!).....analysis, here we come!!! Nina and I are scheduled to finish the last leg of our data gathering, which would be on wednesday to sunday, if things go well as planned (meaning, walang pasaway na respondent).

Surveying the people of Metro Manila made me realize a lot of things, especially people who live in the depressed areas (or squatters, as we call them). Wala lang, knowing them more (because most of them are our respondents) opened my eyes to certain things, but I'll talk about them later na lang, masyadong seryoso yun e.

Anyway, I am also officially broke, having spent this week's allowance in photocopying our survey forms, transportation and meals. Hay naku, lalo na sa transpo, tiba-tiba mga trike drivers sa'min, pano ba naman 30 agad charge sa'min dahil di naman namin alam rates nila, or malayo yung place na pupuntahan namin.

Though my feet (and pocket) aches, I am really happy with the progress we are having with our thesis. Excited na rin ako, although I know you guys would chide me for getting excited over a THESIS.

My panic attack has subsided, and after being reprimanded by my pseudo-shrinks, Jenica and Raissa, Im finally back to being a yema (and coke and cadbury and any food) addict.

So, starting wednesday, I'll be back on my feet again, mutiny or not. :)

170 respondents more to go!!!

Panic attack

I am officially panicked (and panicking).

Three more weeks, 21 days of facing the probability of having panic attacks every hour of the day.

400 golden respondents needed, 2 slaves looking for them.

And here I am, writing a blog entry.

IMAGINE.

(damn!)

Interview with "the" Nemenzo

haha! imagine, na-survey interview namin si nemenzo, UP ex-prez, at PRE-TEST pa lang kami nun ha!

ganito kasi 'yun. nag-pe-pre-test kami ni nina, my thesis partner, sa may pook dagohoy. e di na kami familiar s dulo nung place, so pumunta kami sa may likod ng Church of the Risen Lord. E di hanap kami ng respondents... first stop namin is #51 Mabini St.. Kulit nga namin sa bahay na 'yun e, parang walang tao, pero paniwala namin, meron, kasi nakabukas ilaw sa loob.

kaya nung may lumabas, kahit yung maid lang, we seized the chance to survey interview her. Ganito naging usapan namin:

MAID: ano po yun?
ME (assuming commres voice:malapot sa tamis na may hint ng pakikiusap): magpapa-survey lang po sana kami, tungkol po sa computer and Internet use...
MAID: Ay, di ko alam yan, pasensya na sa iba na lang...
ME: Hindi, ok lang, pwede kang maging respondent namin...
MAID: Ganon ba? O sige... tanungin ko muna bossing ko...
ME: (Humirit pa) Baka pwede isama mo na rin ung "bossing" mo...?
MAID: O sige, sandali lang ha...

(after 15-20 minutes...(tagal 'no? feeling ko sinarhan kami, hoping ung may-ari na mag-give-up na kami... but no, determinado kami, and so we stayed and called again: "Ate!" "Ate!" "Tao po!" "Tao po!"))biglang bumukas ang pintuan.....at....LUMABAS SI NEMENZO!!!

NEMENZO: what is the survey all about? (or something like that)
ME: (thunderstruck, starstruck) ah, sir, may survey lang po kami, about computer and Internet use. We're from masscomm, blah blah blah....sir you can have a copy of our survey if you...
NEMENZO: No, just read it to me, my eyes are bad, and I just came from the hospital.
ME: (sabay tingin at bulong kay Nina) ikaw na....Umupo si nina with Nemenzo.
NINA: Ah, sir, ano pong name nila?
NEMENZO: Francisco Nemenzo.

SHIT! Di kilala ni Nina si Nemenzo!?!? Ohy my gulay!

Humirit pa nga si Nemenzo ng, "You do know me, right?" dahil baka siya nakapansin na bakit walang idea si Nina sa kanya habang fini-fill-up-an nya yung personal info sheet ni Nemenzo.

Hehe! Enjoy talaga incident na yun! Imagine, house to house survey lang, na-tiyempuhan pa namin si Nemenzo! Naglolokohan nga kami ni Nina e, yung survey form na lang daw ni Nemenzo gawin naming basis sa pre-test report namin. Hehe.

Anyway, enjoy naman ang survey pre-test day namin. Maraming adventures: nakakairitang respondent, bibong respondent, potential respondents na hanggang potential lamang dahil ayaw magpa-survey, at shemps, and mga matitinong respondents, hehe (yes, they do exist, commres pips).

Nga pala, got a bargain today at SC. Bought an almost-new Donna Tartt novel worth half its original price. Yey!

And, oh, just watched My Sassy Girl (finally). Mas gusto ko pa rin Windstruck. Iba nga siguro effect kapag unang pinanood Sassy kesa Windstruck. Oh well.