New wood burning survey

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GrumpyDad

Minister of Fire
Feb 23, 2022
1,094
Champion, PA
Thanks for your thoughts! I have not taken a quantitative data class, I appreciate the recommendation.

As for previously published wood burning surveys, yes, we created this survey by looking at other surveys that had been published in academic literature and comparing the questions they asked, while keeping in mind the main goal of our survey - which is to inform our engineering design.
are you being funded or expected to receive funds from any government or political entity for the outcome of this data?
 

Garbanzo62

Feeling the Heat
Aug 25, 2022
383
Connecticut
Are they looking for only Oregon wood burners or anyone burning with wood?
 

JamesGuido

Feeling the Heat
Jan 5, 2021
257
Raymond, Wisconsin
Are they looking for only Oregon wood burners or anyone burning with wood?
not sure, but i gave'm my 2¢ from Wisconsin.

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osu_heating

New Member
Mar 24, 2023
9
Oregon
are you being funded or expected to receive funds from any government or political entity for the outcome of this data?
Yes, this project is funded by the US DOE and EPA. The intro blurb at the start of the survey states this so that people who take the survey can make the informed choice of whether or not to participate.
 
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coaly

Fisher Moderator
Staff member
Dec 22, 2007
4,797
NE PA
Manufacturer of stove question should allow multiple stoves.

In which seasons do you usually cut or gather firewood?
Pennsylvania only has 2 seasons. Road Construction and Firewood. Most of us even gather during Road Construction.
 
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osu_heating

New Member
Mar 24, 2023
9
Oregon
Manufacturer of stove question should allow multiple stoves.

In which seasons do you usually cut or gather firewood?
Pennsylvania only has 2 seasons. Road Construction and Firewood. Most of us even gather during Road Construction. 😂
Good point, thanks! I will change that question to allow multiple answers.
 

Highbeam

Minister of Fire
Dec 28, 2006
20,382
Mt. Rainier Foothills, WA
If you share a description or a screenshot of the issue you encountered I'm happy to help troubleshoot or fix it on my end!
Second question in. First it asks about my heat sources. I choose three. Then it asks primary, secondary, and never. I make those three choices and it keeps sending me back to complete the question.

Hold on, I went back and chose "do not use" for all of the other heating systems and it let me through.

An improvement that needs to be made is to instruct the respondent to fill select "all that apply" or "choose the best answer" or something to help. The choices are clunky.
 
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osu_heating

New Member
Mar 24, 2023
9
Oregon
Second question in. First it asks about my heat sources. I choose three. Then it asks primary, secondary, and never. I make those three choices and it keeps sending me back to complete the question.
Alright. In this question you have to select an answer for every single heating appliance, even if you don't use it (in this case select either
"I don't use this" if you don't use that appliance or "neither" if you do use that appliance but it is neither your primary nor secondary heating appliance. If an answer for each appliance isn't selected, the survey will not let you continue. It's a tedious design but there wasn't another way to format this question.

Let me know if this helps!
 
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begreen

Mooderator
Staff member
Nov 18, 2005
99,743
South Puget Sound, WA
Alright. In this question you have to select an answer for every single heating appliance, even if you don't use it (in this case select either
"I don't use this" if you don't use that appliance or "neither" if you do use that appliance but it is neither your primary nor secondary heating appliance. If an answer for each appliance isn't selected, the survey will not let you continue. It's a tedious design but there wasn't another way to format this question.

Let me know if this helps!
That caught me the first time I tried too. Maybe add a brief guiding statement that each option needs an answer.
 
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weee123

Member
Oct 19, 2022
169
NJ
Just finished it. It was a long survey but, I feel like to really get a good grasp on how people heat with wood and their thoughts on it will result in a long survey as there’s so much information to get. I felt like it was very thorough
 
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spuldup

Member
Nov 1, 2022
174
16137
Got most the way through and then felt weird that they asked for pictures of my house and contact info.
Pics were not mandatory for me. I didn't upload any and was able to complete the survey.
 

Ctwoodtick

Minister of Fire
Jun 5, 2015
1,841
Southeast CT
Pics were not mandatory for me. I didn't upload any and was able to complete the survey.
Right not mandatory, my post was probably misleading with that.
 
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Ashful

Minister of Fire
Mar 7, 2012
18,622
Philadelphia
"How did you learn how to use your wood stove?"

hearth.com!

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Hogwildz

Minister of Fire
Done, glad to add imput. The gubment would be best not to come down my driveway though. Not a fan
 
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