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Learn about the principles of creating impactful surveys to gather and categorize information effectively for future use. Improve your survey questions based on examples provided. Understand the importance of random sampling, location, and age in survey results.
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Handlingdata Using surveys
What does a good survey do? • Gathers information. • Keeps information in categories. • Makes information easy to use at a later date.
Which is a better question? • I want to know what washing up liquid people use. • Should I ask…… • Do you use fairy washing up liquid? • Which brand washing up liquid do you use?
Good or bad question? • I want to know if people have seen the film Casino Royale. • Do you like James Bond films? • Did you see the film Casino Royale?
Good or bad question? • I want to know what the weather was like yesterday. • What was the weather like? good ok rubbish • What was the weather like? sunny raining windy dry
Do you have a better suggestion? • I want to know how many hours people play computer games in a week. • Question: How many hours do you play computer games? 1 2 3 4
Do you have a better suggestion? • I want to know how people travel to work. • Question: Do you travel to work by car?
Design your own questions. • I want to know about people’s holiday choices. • Things to include: • Age of person. • Destination. • People who went. • How long they went for. • When they went. • Type of accommodation.
Using surveys • When using a survey it is important to follow a few rules to make your results as useful as possible. • Use random sampling. • Location of survey. • Age of people.
Using a survey • You are investigating which computer games children like best. • Where would you do your survey? • Would you ask every fifth person?