This is a mixed
methodological study of a specific subcultural social group (or
independents) linked by association with specific reported phenomena
and is directed towards both an online and offline audience via
quantitative and qualitative dual anonymous surveys.
Focus Group: Those who identify themselves as
practitioners of modern psychic (psi) or sanguinarian (blood)
vampi(y)rism with a joint focus on energy workers or practitioners
(psions, energetic healers, or others who manipulate psi/pranic
energy). Additionally those who identify with therianthropy, otherkin,
and as being "awakened" individuals are sub-branched in the overall
classification. The surveys are tailored specifically towards these
groups and broad, yet specialized, distribution was realized
exclusively within these groups for approximately 80% of the duration
of the timeline.
Format: Two surveys (both structured
to be independent or linked with one another, with first being an
introductory examination and the second an advanced examination),
anonymous participation requirement, patterned random/intentional
response indicators embedded, available in MSWord, HTML Text Format, or
Printed Distributed Format. VEWRS (Survey 1) = Questions 1 - 379 (11
Categories); AVEWRS (Survey 2) = Questions 380 - 988 (5 Categories)
Research Analysis Timeframe:
The specific agendas of the individual
research analysis meetings are technical in nature but a general overview will be
provided as a matter of record in summary form at the close of each month.
Each individual response from the VEWRS & the
first section of the AVEWRS will be correlated and/or linked where applicable
in various permutations to highlight both similar and dissimilar trends among
responses and written responses grouped and interpreted accordingly. Responses
will not simply be tallied without intensive cross-correlation &
interpretation of written responses. We are utilizing methods covered by
Creswell, Hayes, Cohen, and others regarding both qualitative and quantitative
research methodology, applied statistical approaches from a social science
perspective, predictive modeling, and multiple regression and correlation
analysis as well as examining a plethora of papers and publications concerning
baseline comparison data and related studies. Throughout the course of our
analysis we will be working directly with a variety of professionals and
academic faculty in a consultation and statistical verification capacity.
Additionally we will work multilaterally with vampiric and energy practitioners
in positions of leadership, influence, and experience to ensure transparency
and the accurate or factual depiction of our own Community.
April
- May 2007: Drafting Of Primer For Coding Surveys Into Data Program
April - December 2007: Preliminary Entry Of Data Into SPSS 15.0 Data Analysis Program
January - December 2008: Completion Of Data Entry - Sample Sets: 1, 2, 3, & 4
January 2009: Data Preparation For General Statistical Analysis
February - October 2010: Data Entry - 219 Selected Questions + General Statistical Analysis, Data Preparation For MRC & Amos
Program - SEM For Behavioral Multivariate Analysis
November - December 2010: Continuance Of MRC + ANOVA/ANCOVA, Prediction Models, Small Sample
Test Algorithm Evaluation, & Initial Community Comparison Analysis
January - March 2011: Continuance Of MRC, Hypothesis Testing, Data Charting &
Graphing, Community Correlations, & Initial Examination Of Qualitative
Responses
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