The Values and Character Dispositions of 14-16 Year Olds in the Hodge Hill Constituency

Phase Two Questionnaire One Analysis

Introduction

This section outlines the purpose, the basic rationale and the results of the first
questionnaire. The themes from the earlier group interviews were extended into the
questionnaire and developed directly out of the data. A number of questions that did not
arise from the group interviews were added to the questionnaire. A total of 62 questions
were piloted, some of which were answered with a class of Year 10 students to test the
efficacy of the questions. Items for this questionnaire were derived from three sources;
the Bristol report; the group interviews; and the theoretical developments within the
research team and across the programme as a whole. The questionnaire comprised six
demographic questions and 54 items which were answered on a Likert-type scale from 1-
5, with 1 being ‘strongly agree’ and 5 ‘strongly disagree’. Data was collected and
entered into an SPSS package for statistical analysis.

The purpose of the questionnaire was to confirm findings from the initial rich data arising
from the group interviews and extend those findings. Furthermore the questionnaire
provides quantitative data for the statistical analysis that reveals underlying themes and
relationship. This data can also be compared with additional data on study intentions,
progression and key demographic variables.

The questionnaires were administered in two ways. Two schools used the school hall so
that the entire Year 10 cohort could complete the questionnaire under exam conditions.
The remaining four schools disseminated the questionnaires to form groups to complete
in silence. The researcher, form teacher and Head of Year were present at all the
administrations. 75% of the cohort completed and returned questionnaires.

Questionnaire One Characteristics of the sample

In this section, characteristics of the sample are presented using descriptive statistics.

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