trophygoat
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Many of you have probably seen me browsing the RDC forums, as I have been viewing and commenting on threads for a little over a year now. I think RDC is unique amongst other forums because it truly represents the community that it was established for. There are scores of racers, crew members, race organization staff, etc. from all classes and skill levels of off road racing on RDC. For that reason, I have decided to conduct a two-thread, two-question survey on RDC in the interest of research regarding spectator safety (primarily motivated by the unfortunate events of this years Baja 500 and the subsequent online conversation).
Behind my online profile, I am midway through an undergraduate degree in Biology and I am particularly interested in the research that goes on in health care professions (the kind of research that makes headlines such as "Red meat gives you cancer" and "Possible Alzheimer's cure found"). My interest here is to apply these well-known research techniques to issues facing today's motorsports, and these polls are just the beginning of a nest of ideas that I've come up with.
The purpose of this poll and a second poll regarding licensure (also posted in the Desert Racing section) is to gain the community's perspective on the matter. As a researcher, I take no sides: my job is to gather the numbers and do quantitative analysis. I plan on keeping the polls open for 21 days and doing a short survey analysis afterwards. If anyone is interested in contributing to the article with me, please message me on here (I mainly require contributors for the "Background" portion of the article as I am a novice competitor and have little first-hand knowledge on the history of off-road racing -- please note that sound grammar and writing skills are necessary if you want to contribute).
As for the poll questions, please respond to this poll and the second poll that I have posted in the Desert Racing section. I encourage you to read the questions carefully before responding. Once you have voted on both polls, please make a short comment on the OTHER poll regarding your role in off road racing (directions will be in that post). Please keep conversation in the comments limited; the focus of this thread is the poll question.
Thank you for your participating,
-Trey Clauser
P.S. If you have anything negative to say about what I am doing, take it to my profile page so the thread doesn't get clogged up
Behind my online profile, I am midway through an undergraduate degree in Biology and I am particularly interested in the research that goes on in health care professions (the kind of research that makes headlines such as "Red meat gives you cancer" and "Possible Alzheimer's cure found"). My interest here is to apply these well-known research techniques to issues facing today's motorsports, and these polls are just the beginning of a nest of ideas that I've come up with.
The purpose of this poll and a second poll regarding licensure (also posted in the Desert Racing section) is to gain the community's perspective on the matter. As a researcher, I take no sides: my job is to gather the numbers and do quantitative analysis. I plan on keeping the polls open for 21 days and doing a short survey analysis afterwards. If anyone is interested in contributing to the article with me, please message me on here (I mainly require contributors for the "Background" portion of the article as I am a novice competitor and have little first-hand knowledge on the history of off-road racing -- please note that sound grammar and writing skills are necessary if you want to contribute).
As for the poll questions, please respond to this poll and the second poll that I have posted in the Desert Racing section. I encourage you to read the questions carefully before responding. Once you have voted on both polls, please make a short comment on the OTHER poll regarding your role in off road racing (directions will be in that post). Please keep conversation in the comments limited; the focus of this thread is the poll question.
Thank you for your participating,
-Trey Clauser
P.S. If you have anything negative to say about what I am doing, take it to my profile page so the thread doesn't get clogged up