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

Year 11. Much of the wording used in the questions was directly derived from the student
language. The themes from the phase three group interviews and individual interviews
were extended into the second questionnaire. To illuminate interpretation of the item on
siblings in the first questionnaire, a question on the number of siblings was included in
phase four.

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

The findings were arranged in the same pattern as questionnaire one, so that items of high
levels of consensus appear first followed by findings where there has been a spread of
data with some students agreeing, some disagreeing and others uncertain. All this follows
the contextual data from the sample, which appears below in graphic and tabular form
with a short commentary and supporting quotations from the students.

The process for administering the questionnaire was identical to that used in phase two.
94% of the Year 11 cohort in these schools completed a response rate to questionnaire
two.

There were a total of 64 items off which 57 were responded to on a Likert Scale and 7
demographic questions which were answered by category.

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