Questionnaire
Links:
Survey-
Results-
“the purpose of the survey is to produce
statistics, that is, quantitative or numerical descriptions about some aspects
of the study population”
I certainly got statistics from my survey
however they were not correct. If you answered question 2 with “yes” you should
have then answered question 3.
22 people answered yes so there should have
been 22 people answer question 3 however I got 24 answers as you can see from
my results. Due to the misinterpretation I had incorrect data. I would not be
able to justify using this.
The majority of people that answered my
questionnaire went to the same school as myself. I got very similar data. Could
this be bias?
Quantity over quality, it was difficult to
get people to even fill in the survey. People don’t have time to spare
nowadays, even getting friends to do you a favor and pilot it for you.
You can’t get the “why” in! I wanted to ask
the four people why they didn’t think that acting would contribute to their
performance skills but I never got the chance.
Interview
First of all I received permission from the
participant to conduct the interview then also asked if they were happy for my
to record.
Preparation is vital. I did not have enough
questions. Even though the conversation flowed and I was able to ask “why” and
get in depth answers and follow up on things that interested me I could have
had more planned. I felt that I did not maximize the time and opportunity.
I recorded that the interview so I could
listen back to it and take down the necessary information.
I found this beneficial and was able to
gather a lot of interesting information.
Observation
It was hard to get my head around whether I
was being bias or not. Paula described it as my interpretation, which made it
become a little clearer. Again with all the inquiry tools preparation is the
key. You need to be clear of what you are looking for, have a clear structure
of how you are going to get it on to paper. It is very easy to get sidelined
onto other subjects as one thing leads to another. However it is very
interesting to actually focus on one thing and see what becomes apparent. I
trialed both participating in the observation and also being an insider. It
depends on what you are researching to which one is most beneficial. For my
question at the time was; what makes a good performer? I think both were just
as good and I got the results that I needed.
Focus
Group
This was the most useful tool that I used
for my particular question. I found that everyone feed off each other and I got
a lot of great ideas and answers. I did not record the focus group and I wish I
had. I found it extremely difficult to write everything discussed. I was asking
people to repeat themselves, if I had recorded it I could have gone back later.
It also was restricting my chances at being part of the group, I could have
kept the conservation flowing in the right direction as well as delving deeper
into peoples thoughts. When researching this method I found the “long table
approach” which I could use once the conversation had been written down. You
can the cut up to conversation and sort the answers in categories of questions
and topics. I did not use this tool to its full potential however I got some
great results.
Overall
The key is Preparation.
Plan how you are going to record Data.
Use Memory,
Field Notes, Flip charts, Drawings and Audio Recoreder.
Develop and Finalise good Questions.
Have Key
Words.
Summarise
the end.
Be systematic.
Have a Process
and be able to describe it to others.
Know where to look for Information.
Have the right Resources.
Know your audience
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