Web Survey

Please answer all of the questions below in order for you to qualify for paid participation in future studies.

This information will be used to contact you if your are selected for a study:

First Name:
Last Name:
State:
Country:
Area Code:
Phone Number:
Email:

Are you a citizen of the USA?

yes
no

American Dream

We hear the term "American Dream". What is the American Dream? Please describe what “living the American Dream” means to you.

American Values

We live in a democracy that is over 200 years old. What do you believe are our nation’s most important democratic principles or ideals? Please think for a moment and then describe the three most important ideals, principles or values for you as an American.

Most important:

Second most important:

Third most important:

Moral Values

Here is a moral dilemma which has no right or wrong answer. Please read it, think about it, and then answer the question.

In Europe, a woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. There was one drug that the doctors
thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered.
The drug was expensive to make, but the druggist was charging ten times what the drug cost him to make. He paid
$400 for the radium and charged $4,000 for a small does of the drug.

The sick woman's husband, Heinz, went to everyone he knew to borrow the money and tied every legal means, but he could
only get together about $2,000, which is half of what the druggist was charging.

He told the druggist that his wife was dying and asked him to sell it cheaper or let him pay later. But the druggist
said, "No, I discovered the drug and I'm going to make money from it." So Heinz got desperate and began to think about breaking
into the druggist's store to steal the drug for his wife.

Should Heinz steal the drug?

no, he should not steal the drug
yes, he should steal the drug

Why do you say that? Please be detailed and specific.

Background Questions

Just a few background questions which we use to select a representative sample for the study.
What is your gender?

Male
Female

Age
Which of the following best represents the highest level of education you have completed?

some high school or less
high school graduate
some trade or technical school
some college
Associates Degree
Bachelors Degree (BA, BS)
Masters Degree (MA, MS, MBA, MSW, MEd, etc.)
Post College Degree (MD, PhD, DDS, JD, etc.)

Which of the following best describes your total household income before taxes last year?
Which of the following best describes your racial or ethic background?
What best describes your political affiliation?
That's all the questions. We will contact you if you are selected to take part in either of these studies.