equality & difference survey - comments,etc (1 Viewer)

[shagz_04]

hey everyone,

this is my assessment draft for the e&d study. if anyone has any ideas on how to improve it before i distribute it, could you please tell me here!!
thanks!
shannon

SOCIETY AND CULTURE RESEARCH TASK– Questionnaire

YOUNG DRIVERS AND THE POLICE/ GOVERNMENT


Please circle where appropriate.

1. Your gender: Male Female


2. How old are you? (Please circle one only):
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25


3. Do you have a driver’s licence? Yes No

If yes, please state the type:


4. Please state the type of vehicle you mainly drive:

Do the police / government consider it a ‘high-powered’ vehicle? Yes No


5. Please state the times of the day that you mainly drive your vehicle:
What is the main reason/s for driving at these times?


6. Have you been in an accident or near miss while you were on your
Learner’s Permit or Provisional licences? Yes No

Did the police automatically assume you were to blame? Yes No

7. How many times have you been pulled over by the police, apart from
being breath tested?

What were you pulled over for in each case?

8. Do you feel you are ‘picked on’ by the police because you are a young
driver? Yes No


If yes, please give an example of an incident of the police doing this:

If no, do you feel that the police pick on other people you know?
Yes No

Why do you think this? Is gender a factor (that is being male or female)?

9. Please state who you think is pulled over more by the police, male or
female drivers, or if you think it is about equal:
Male Female About equal

10. Have you read/viewed any news programs concerning young drivers?
Yes No

If yes, what was the program/s about?
Please circle how the program showed young drivers: Bad / Irresponsible Good / Responsible

Did you think the program/s showed the truth about young drivers, or
just a generalised view? Truth Generalised view

Why do you believe this?
11. Have you ever done something in a vehicle that could be described as
dangerous and/or illegal?
Yes No

If yes, how many times (estimate)?

12. Have you ever been caught by the police for doing these?
Yes No

If yes, did the police see/hear you, or did someone else in the
community report you (if known)? Police Someone else

13. Do laws for young drivers need to be tougher? Yes No

If yes, do you think that tougher laws will cause young drivers to
better learn road rules and correct road behaviours? Yes No

If no, what do you think will help to decrease young driver death tolls
and road accidents and make sure that young drivers are responsible
enough to drive unsupervised?

Thanks guys!

 

[winicat]

have you had your teacher check through this? it still seems a little unresolved. many questions (eg #6, 8) are very subjective and probably will be biased (ie. little objective results gained)

it's usually easier to have boxes to tick, rather than circling answers. don't forget to have lines for people to write extended answers on -- also add something like "any other comments?" as people invariably have their own opnion that can't be voiced elsewhere.

i think you need to move away from having such open questions (ie. you leavve space for people to give their answers rather than providing a list with "other" as an option) these "open" questions are generally harder to analyse and may act more like qualitative than quantitative questions/answers.

but yes, my general theory is: get this fully checked with teacher before handing out. if it's for an assessment and the teacher won't check it, try a diff one (even if you get a mate from another school to give it to their teacher lol)