ver. 14Jul99

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Dollar Bay Game Evaluation

Please choose a number 1 to 5.  1 being "I most strongly agree with the left-hand statement" and 5 being "I most strongly agree with the right-hand statement",  3 being neutral.

The game was:
1. complex to learn	1	2	3	4	5	simple to learn

2. difficult to operate	1	2	3	4	5	simple to operate

3. too fast			1	2	3	4	5	too slow

Creating and purchasing an advertisement was:
4. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Hiring employees was:
5. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Setting and changing prices was:  
6. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Finding suppliers and purchasing inventory was:
7. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Getting information on Dollar Bay's population and their demands for products was:
8. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Finding and purchasing discount goods from the warehouse was:
9. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Finding and using the banker to get a loan was 
10. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

The Dollar Bay Casino was
11. fun and engaging	1	2	3	4	5	a waste of time

The game had 
12. too many 		1	2	3	4	5	too few products
	products

The customers in the game
13. seemed to act	1	2	3	4	5	seemed to act
	reasonably						irrationally

The other agents (beat cop, fire inspector, etc.) were
14. fun and engaging	1	2	3	4	5	a waste of time

I was:
15. able to keep track	1	2	3	4	5	unable to keep
of my income and						track of my
expenses								income and
									expenses

16. able to keep track	1	2	3	4	5	unable to keep
of my inventory							of my inventory


I was:
17. able to get the	1	2	3	4	5	unable to get
information I needed						the information I 									need	
18. able to carry out	1	2	3	4	5	unable to carry
the actions I wanted						out the actions I
									wanted

19. able to get useful	1	2	3	4	5	unable to get 
online help about 						useful online help
operating the game						about operating 										the game
The game:
20. had a clear goal	1	2	3	4	5	did not have a
									clear goal

I had:
21. too little control	1	2	3	4	5	sufficient control
over my progress						over my progress

I was:
22. able to develop	1	2	3	4	5	not able to
and implement							develop and
strategies								implement
									strategies

The game was:
23. too simple 		1	2	3	4	5	too complex

24. too difficult		1	2	3	4	5	too easy

After awhile the game:
25. lost its challenge	1	2	3	4	5	remained
									challenging

The market research available in the game was:
26. useless			1	2	3	4	5	helpful

The tutor advice that was available was:
27. informative and 	1	2	3	4	5	vague and
	useful							useless

The actions I took and strategies I implemented:
28. had the impact	1	2	3	4	5	did not have the
that I anticipated						impact that I 
									had anticipated

The simulation of owning a business felt:
29. superficial/fake	1	2	3	4	5	real/tangible

There was:
30. to little detail in	1	2	3	4	5	too much detail
the game								in the game

The game was:
31. visually		1	2	3	4	5	visually dull
entertaining

There was:
32. enough graphic	1	2	3	4	5	too little graphic
detail								detail

Being able to visit other stores and talk to other players was:
33. entertaining		1	2	3	4	5	dull

34. informative		1	2	3	4	5 	distracting



The forecasting tool was:
35. informative and 	1	2	3	4	5	confusing and
	useful							useless

The game:
36. remained		1	2	3	4	5	became
surprising								predictable

I:
37. liked the concept	1	2	3	4	5 	disliked the
	of the game						concept of the
									game

38. learned something 1	2	3	4	5	did not learn
	from the game						anything from
									the game


The game was:
39. fun			1	2	3	4	5 	not fun

I would:
40. play this game	1	2	3	4	5	not play this
again								game again

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