Zoe @ Greymouth High School

What is a pilot survey? A pilot survey is a test drive that I completed with a few students in my statistics class. This is done to get feedback so we can improve our questionnaire. I added a question at the end asking 'Was this survey easy to understand?" and "Were these questions invasive, rude or offensive?'. These questions may be removed when I finish my survey but when doing a pilot survey its useful to get an idea of these things from fellow students. I was concerned about the wording of my questions and the amount I had so through doing a pilot survey I got an indication of these concerns and how they present to an outsider point of view. None of my responses shared the same concerns I did so after scanning through the questions once more I left them. There were a few grammatical errors where I used 'how' instead of 'why' where it was an easy fix. The pilot survey helped reassure me and give me more confidence in my survey as my predicted ti...

Loading… Apart from adjusting grammar and how a few questions are phrased, I didn't adjust much in my final questionnaire. I changed the first question from 'what would you rate..." to 'how would you rate..." so each of the questions asking someone to rate something was all phrased the same.  I believe my questionnaire meets the multiple purposes I have and ask questions that reflect the intention of the survey. I ask questions around the kinds of people, their reasons for visiting the website and the overall satisfaction with the website which are all my purpose. Questions 1-8 within section 1 are about satisfaction with the website and their reasons for visiting the website. Questions 9-15 are about the respondents themselves and the relationship between them and the website. People are going to access my survey through the initial website, the Antarctic Society's Facebook page and any other noticeboard or social media account linked to the cause. This m...

Today I analysed my questions through doing a desk review and polished up my questions to better fit the survey. I made sure my purpose is clear and has indicated everything I am asking. By this I mean I asked questions in my survey that linked back to every purpose I indicated. My purpose was to find out the kinds of people who visit the antarctic societies website, their use and reasons for visiting and their satisfaction with the website. I added more questions asking 'How did you find about the Antarctic Society's website?'. By asking this I not only found out how each person came across the website but I can see is there is a common ground of where people found the website and do more promotions there. I can see the outliers of where people found the website and push more promotion there. I indicated that my survey will take 5-10 minutes to complete so my respondents are clear about what they are going to do. I gave an anonymity statement as my survey doesn't recor...

I have crafted my first draft of my questionnaire basis today. I have designed a survey with 12 questions so far. I paid more attention to titles and subheadings to give more information to my respondents about the survey they are filling out. I made sure to include three different types of questions to provide variety and have a box or answers for anyone to select. I started with demographics and moved onto satisfaction. I used closed and open questions. I used multichoice, open questions with long answers and the likert scale. Loading…

The next part of my assessment is to begin designing and polishing my questions. I've begun writing my demographic questions and plan to start writing my customer satisfaction questions next. I have also used Stats NZ to help my methodise and help me design my questions in the best way possible. Using the different chapters around structure, wording and instructions I've gathered an understanding of the best ways to make my questions. Here is the beginning of my questionnaire... Survey Questions  Demographics Which of these do you identify with? Male B) Female C) Prefer not to say  What age group do you belong to?  Under 18 B) 19-24 C)25-30 D) 31-36 E) 37-42 F) 43-48 G) 49-54 H) 55-60 I) 61-66 J) 66+ What is your ethnicity?  NZ European B) Maori C) Pacifica D) Asian E) Hispanic/Latino F) Other What region/province are you from? Southland B) Otago C) Westland D) Canterbury E) Marlborough F) Tasman G) Wellington H) Manawat...

This is the scenario for my maths assessment on questionnaire design. Purpose: I'm being commissioned to investigate the different kinds of people who visit the Antarctic society's website through doing a questionnaire. The questionnaire will provide information around the different demographics of people who visit the Antarctic Society Website. Which will be reported back to the Antarctic Society to help them in reaching different demographics. I would also like to investigate the satisfaction with the visitors from the website. The purpose of this survey is to gather information about the different kinds of people who use the Antarctic Society's website such as their age, gender, location in NZ, how they became involved in the website and their satisfaction with the website.  Target Population: The target population for people to complete the survey is people who visit the Antarctic Society website.  My objectives are to find out the kinds of people who visited the ...

Use open-ended questions to avoid influencing response and unsure of how you want them to respond  Three things to consider when writing questions... Be short questions Keep language simple Use certain time periods instead of 'in general' One idea per question Use positive terms Let respondents know when multiple choice Word Neutrally Three things to consider when writing questions... When I was designing my survey I needed to consider using both open-ended and closed questions. When writing closed questions make sure to include everyone and that everyone can answer them. Do not overlap numeric categories. The order of answer categories can influence how people respond to closed questions. When using open-ended questions I need to consider even small wording differences can substantially affect the answers people provide, to ask questions that are clear and specific, to use simple and concrete language, these will be more easily understood, to only ask...

The walk up Sewell peak was exactly what I was expecting it to be like. My goals were to be one of the first people up there and to not get annoyed at people and be patient. I achieved one of these. I walked up with Grace and we came in the top 10 and the first girls. The other goal I set, I didn't think I was going to achieve based on how I act but I'm still really proud of everything else I did. The reason behind Mr England wanting use to do that is about NCEA and aspects of life. NCEA is the mountain and by climbing it and making our way over the hills or bumps we are making it to the top and to a view we have never seen before. To have this feeling of satisfaction and triumph after a huge accomplishment. And to see how grateful we should be for the town we have and to get a new perspective of it. It was basically a metaphor for next year and the years coming after that about perseverance and determination. I feel like in ways I did have this realisation of a few things t...

My focus was to find out who the first person to be legally executed by electric chair was. Before researching the topic I knew a little bit about it, but both of these sites opened my mind to new knowledge about my chosen topic that I would never of known before such as the prison, who came up with the idea and the work that went into making and testing the chair to see if it was efficient. My 2 sources were history.com and wikipedia . I was interested in this topic because i’ve watched a few death row documentaries and it’s fascinating to me because we don’t have the death penalty so it just shows me another side to how other countries run their criminal system. The first source, history.com provided quality and descriptive information surrounding my question. It indicated to me where the execution happened, how the chair was manufactured and details around whose idea it was and the amount of volts used. The site discussed the actual inmate William Kemmler, who g...

Look again at Miguel's speech in The Freedom Writers.  What does friendship mean to Miguel? "This summer was the worst summer in my short 14 years of life. "It all started with a phone call. "My mother was crying and begging, "asking for more time as if she were gasping for her last breath of air. "She held me as tight as she could and cried. "Her tears hit my shirt like bullets and told me we were being evicted. "She kept apologizing to me. I thought, 'I have no home. "'I should have asked for something less expensive at Christmas. ' "On the morning of the eviction, a hard knock on the door woke me up. "The sheriff was there to do his job. "I looked up at the sky, waiting for something to happen. "My mother has no family to lean on, no money coming in. "Why bother coming to school or getting good grades if I'm homeless? "The bus stops in front of the school. I feel like throwing up. ...

What does "friendship" mean?  Does it mean different things for people of different ages?   What makes a good friend? - make a brainstorm and then a poster on google drawings (or you could try canva if you feel like playing with a new digital poster tool). BRAINSTORM QUALITY over QUANTITY Golden rule Being there for each other Influence on each other Happiness Help Commitment

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Watch this clip where Ava talks about her early experiences with violence and the police and why she has to support her family.  Then watch this clip where Ava is in court and has to make the hard decision - will she lie to protect her family and her people, or will she tell the truth and risk her family abandoning her?  Now you can either write down, or record your thoughts on screencastify: Describe Ava and her early experiences. Explain why she changed throughout the movie and told the truth at the court case. Ava at an early age was very innocent and naive but once her neighbour was shot right in front of her and she was really brought into the big bad world of violence and gangs. Once the police came around her mum was a wreck as her dad were being arrested in her home. Since then she has fallen into the path her family has taken since they were teenagers. Well, until Miss Grewal started teaching her and showed her what the world could be and that ...

Rowdy is Arnold’s only real friend outside of his family. Rowdy and Arnold are not accepted into community very much and are treated as miss fits. Miss fits meaning Rowdy was born angry and Arnold was born with multiple brain problems. Not many people really accepted them apart from each other. Rowdy was the toughest kid on the res and Arnold was a big target for bullying. He would think of himself as ‘the most available loser’. Arnold felt safe with rowdy. Rowdy was his protector. They are so close that Rowdy even shared his comics with him. Rowdy didn’t like to tell anyone about them because he was scared of being teased for not being into the most boy things. Rowdy and Arnolds friendship is important because they can share things with each other that they couldn’t share safely anyway else. Towards the end of the novel their friendship returns after much conflict. After Arnold Jr moved to from Wellpinit to Reardan, Mary's death and the final basketball game b...

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I worked with Britney and Julia.  We made a candle alarm clock. We started by inserting some paper clips down the candle. Then putting a light metal on top of the candle so as the candle melts down the metal will touch the paper clip with the power pack hocked up to it making the light up a light or buzzer.  Positive: No Test Minus: Carving the candle  Interesting: It actually worked  link to video