My Questionnaire explained

Post on your blog for AO5...

"My Questionnaire explained"

What your questionnaire is about.
What type of questions you asked.
How big your sample frame was and why does a pilot have a smaller number than a full research project.
Who your sample frame was and why you chose them.

Create a Survey

1. Goto http://www.surveymonkey.com/
2. Sign in with your google account.
3. Click on Create a survey
4. Title - AO5 Public Services Opionion Survey
5. Type - Market Research
6. Add Question
7. Write in question
8. Choose type of answer
9. Write possible responses
10. Add "other" or a coment field if you want to offer a seperate choice or ask to clarify/explain their answer.
11. Save and close to check format
12. Create another question.
13. 10 questions maximum. - If you have more than 10 questions, see if you can add a question in the comment field.

Creating Survey Questions

Think of at least 10 questions to ask your sample frame.

Us e a range of question types.

Consider the order of the questions (structure).

Remember what you are trying to find out.

Time line

Wed 9th - Compile questions for Survey
Thur 10th - Create a survey monkey survey
Fri 11th - Send out survey and blog journey, explaining the question strucutre and who you are asking.

Wed 23rd - Interpret the results
Thurs 24th - Prioduce graphs and graphics
Fri 25th - Prepare presentations

Half Term

Wed 13th June - Presentations x 3
Thurs 14th June - Presentations x 3
Fri 15th June - Presentations x 3

Monday 25th June deadline for all courses and units.

Wed 27th - tidy up
Thurs 28th -tidy up
Fri 29th - tidy up

Tuesday 3rd July - Moderator passes work. Course Finished!

AO5 - Set task 25/4/12

Go to the AO5 page to read about what the requirements are for AO5. Click on this link to go straight there...
http://publicservicesl3unit16mrscarborough.blogspot.co.uk/p/ao5.html

Your first step is to create a list of questions to include in your survey. Some points to ponder...

• You may choose to focus on armed forces (e.g. Army, Navy, RAF) or domestic (Fire, Ambulance, Police) or both.
• Include a range of question types - open, closed, multiple choice, rank order, likert scale etc
• use follow up / 2 part questions
• e.g. for the question 'which of these public services do you feel are the most important .... ' 
• The follow up could be either 'give reasons why you think this?' (open question) OR give them a list of reasons to choose from.
• The purpose of the survey is to find out what the electorate (voting public) feel about the public services. Issues could surround pay, cut backs, 
• Create at least 10 questions. 
• Provide the format for each answer. (see example below)

The questions should be posted on your blog by the end of Friday 27th April. Use the post title 'AO5 sample questions'. Use the label AO5.

e.g. question

The Fire Service is an essential part of the public services and should therefore be protected from cuts in funding.

1- totally agree

2- agree 

3- neither agree or disagree

4- disagree

5- totally disagree

Interview Plan - Set task 2/3/12

Using the document

CRL/Year 12/Public Services/Unit 16 Research Skills/AO4/Task1 interview topsheet

Plan an intrerview, to be held in 2 weeks time. It can be with anyone and about anything. Your interview technique will be assessed.

Schedule of interviews to be confirmed.

Interview Location and Recording Methods - 1/3/12

Write a post, reflecting what you have learned about:

 - the location of interviews
 - the methods and challengs of recording data

This will be assessed.

Interviewer behaviour - Set task 29/2/12

Post some reflections on your lesson about interviewer behaviour.

You should comment on:

- Eye contact
- Body language
- Tone of voice
- Facial expressions

and the impact this has on the interview.

This piece will be assessed.

Informed Consent Statement

Write a statement that you will use when you design your questionnaire / survey, which outlines your intentions regarding the use of the information you collect.

AO3 Preparation 9/01/12

We are starting a new AO in Term 3 - Explain ethical issues in research.

In preparation for the first lesson, I would like you to consider what privacy is. It can be defined as...

the state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs: the right to privacy.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/privacy

I would like you to:

1. Find in the news an occasion where someones privacy has been intruded.
2. Copy and paste a link to the story.
3. Write a comment about what impact it may have had on the person involved.

Then come ready to discuss this statement for a starter...

Celebrities waiver the right to a private life if they sell private occasions (wedding etc) to newspapers or magazines.

See you on Wednesday.

Mr S

Set Task 12/10/11

Go to:

http://www.forensic.gov.uk/html/services/expert-solutions/pathology/

and

http://www.forensic.gov.uk/html/services/offence-solutions/cold-case/

and

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1005121400849

'Edit' your AO1 Information Sources post and add 'human remains' as a source of information.

Email Reminder / Work Update

This e-mail was sent on Sunday 2nd October:

Mr Turner's guide training interupted our lesson on Friday. However, the deadline for AO1 remains the end of this term, which means that we are now behind.

As a result, I would like you to do the following before the next lesson:

1. Add to your AO1 assesment of information sources, 'photographs'. It may help you to discuss in small groups (as we would do in class) and then write your short introduction, strengths, weaknesses and overall evaluation. I would like you to insert at least 2 of the photo's you saved to 'my documents' and explain what conclusions you can make from looking at the photo, and what information it doesn't tell you.                                 
2. Add to your AO1 assesment of information sources, 'paintings and drawings' as one single source. It may help you to discuss in small groups (as we would do in class) and then write your short introduction, strengths, weaknesses and overall evaluation. This will be similar to the photographs section, but maybe even less reliable / accurate. Try to find some example drawings/paintings from conflict to use as examples.

In summary, by Wednesday 12th October, you should have on your Blog:

1. AO1 Assessment of Information Sources - Films, Personal accounts, Documentaries, Photographs, Paintings and Drawings.
2. Personal accounts - thoughts on 9/11 personal accounts
3. 4 photographs saved into 'My Pictures'
4. 4 Drawings or paintings saved into 'My Pictures'

If you need any help, contact me as soon as possible.

Mr S

Set Task 29/9/11 - Photographs

Completion by tomorrow.

Go on line and search fpr images of photographs from a war/conflict.

I would like you to find 4 seperate wars/conflicts.

'Save as' into your 'my pictures'.

Estimated duration - 20 mins.

AO1 Suggedted Format

Below is my suggested format to the task.

Do one template and copy and paste it for each source.

Source

Introduction
What is the source
Strengths
What is good about the source?
Weaknessess
What are the draw backs?
Evaluation
Overall assessment. Good bad or indiffeerent? Give examples.

Set task - 16/09/11

In preparation for our next lesson (Wednesday 28th Sept, P4) I would like you to follow the link below and listen to the personal account of Stanley and Brian, (at the bottom left).

I would like you to blog a post titled "AO1 - personal accounts" and write about your thoughts on the clip. Label it with "AO1"

I then want you to find another personal account from a different person, and write in the same blog about that.

In our lesson, we will assess the value of personal accounts as a source of information.

Good luck.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14790016

AO1 - Assessment of information sources - Films

Films

Assessment of source
This source of information could be in the form of a Hollywood Movie. Often, they are "based on a true story".

Strengths
Gives a good idea of what happened and what it was like to be their.
Wide ranging - lots of movies.
Easy to watch - TV, Internet, Cinema

Weaknesses
Can be misleading due to "artistic licence", to make it more entertaining.

Example of would be http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1553334553/
This link takes you to trailer for Letters from Iow Jima, this movie is about ..................

Homework Task

Bring in a video of a war film.

Thursday P1

Welcome

Welcome to the Level 3 Public Services Unit 16 Research skills Blog.

Key facts:

• There are 6 AO's to complete in this unit.
• All units will be completed online, with 3 units requiring a practical element (discussion/presentation/interview).
• AO1 - AO4 will have one term each dedicated to them.
• AO5 and AO6 will be delivered together, and will be aimed to be complete by mid-way through term 6.