1. Presents
RAP Week 7 April 8TH 2013

2. Our 12 week plan

3. What have we learned so far?
Our list:

4. What is a Survey?
A set of questions that help us learn more about a topic of interest
A way to have lots of people answer exactly the same questions
Can be paper and pencil or online
A way of collecting information that represents the views of the community or group in we are interested in.

5. NAME AGE City/Town or Rural LIKES
Returned to slide with student demographics from earlier in the module.

6. Compare RAP and TILDA TILDA RAP Number of People 753 20 Men6
Women
55% = 414 people 14
Dublin city or county
28% = 211 people
Town or city in Republic of Ireland
56% = 422 people 16
Rural area in the Republic of Ireland
16% = 120 people 4
Average Age
54.7 years 32
People over age 50
46% = 346 people 2
Review of earlier slides comparing RAP students with TILDA participants in week 2

7. 18/20 13/20 11/20 % 90% 65% 55% TICK IF YOU USE: MOBILE TEXTING
INTERNET
18/20
13/20
11/20 %
90%
65%
55%

8. TICK IF YOU USE: %
7/15
8/15
6/15

9. TICK IF YOU DO: %
7/15
13/15
12/15

10. Comparing RAP and TILDA
Phones and Computers
23% had mobile phone
25% sent texts
7% used the internet 90 65 55
Getting Around
21% Public Bus
90% Driver from Service (minivan)
12% Train
46% Took taxis
39% Driven by family
What people like to do
19% Special Olympics
84% Go Shopping
81% Watch TV
86% Go out for coffee
More of this to come in Week 9!

11. 3. Surveys in Research Process
Ethics Approval then Recruit People
Decide on Research Question
Gather Stories by Interviews, Focus Groups or Surveys
Tell People What We Learned
Find Answers

12. Survey vs Interview
Why might you choose to do a survey instead of an interview in research?
Large numbers can participate
People can respond in their own time
Provides a written record
Low cost
No training needed as with interviewing
Avoids interviewer bias

13. Big Research Questions Are…
Important
Something we can answer
About a new idea
Clear and simple
Interesting

14. Tips for Writing Survey Questions
Surveys can be any length
Questions need to be clear
Use questions that don’t lead people to answer a certain way.
Use simple words and keep questions short
Put questions in an order that makes sense

15. DO NOT USE!!! Leading Questions…
Q1 : Coke has a better taste than Pepsi. Don't you believe so?
Q2 : Do you think that the new lunch menu has more variety of healthy foods than the old menu? ( ) Yes ( ) No ( ) No Opinion
Q3. I assume you would agree that teachers do a heroic job for our children.
Q 4. Do you agree with most people that the health service is failing?
DO NOT USE!!!

16. ‘Where We Live’ Survey Created by the Inclusive Research Network
Supported by the National Institute on Intellectual Disability and the National Federation of Voluntary Bodies
Aims of the survey: To learn more about
where people with intellectual disabilities live in Ireland,
who they live with, and
what they like and don’t like about where they live.
Here we reviewed an existing survey designed by people with intellectual disabilities who are members of the Inclusive Research Network.

17. Types of Questions Closed Open Scale Response Ranked Response
Multiple Choice

18. 1. Closed Questions
The person has to pick an answer from a set of possible answers.
Please tick the box that applies to you:
Sex Female  Male 
County where you live:
Limerick 
Clare 
Tipperary 
Cork 
With a closed style question the participant will have to approximate their answer to options suggested by the researcher, yet these questions will be much easier to analyse.

19. 2. Open Questions
No set answers are provided. The person can answer in as much detail as they want.
Example:
What do you enjoy about coming to UL each week? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An open styled question may elicit a more complete response because the participant will not be led into choosing certain categories, however, they are far more difficult to analyse and quantify.

20. 3. Scale Responses
The person answers the question along a scale (disagree to agree, strongly dislike to strongly like)
Example:
Please check your level of agreement with this statement:
‘Group learning activities in RAP are helpful’
Strongly Agree Unsure Disagree Strongly
Agree Disagree
    
Please explain: ______________________________________ ___________________________________________________
If you wish to measure the strength of feeling or agreement of the participant with a statement, a scale (which rates the answer into a format that can be analysed as ordinal data) or a ranking format can be used.

21. 4. Ranked Responses Person answers by putting a list in order.
Example:
What are your top three news sources?
1. ______________________________________
2. ______________________________________
3. ______________________________________
OR… you can write a list of sources and people to rank their top three news sources (T.V. newspapers, magazines, Internet, Radio, Reports, Circulars)
Neil

22. Please tick all that apply.
5. Multiple choice
Person selects an answer from a range of choices.
Example:
Which of the following list of topics have you learned about so far in RAP?
Please tick all that apply.
Research Ethics
Designing survey questions
Making slides in powerpoint
Working in small groups
TILDA-IDS
Doing a Talk
Focus groups
Doing Interviews
Using computers
Designing a certificate
Neil

23. Survey Role Play
Role played doing the ‘where we live’ survey with an interviewer (peer mentor), participant (peer mentor) and support person (facilitator)

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34. Bell’s checklist
Have you thought about any ethical issues that might come up because of the topic of your survey or who the participants will be?
Double check that a survey is the best way to answer your research question.
Read over your questions to be sure the connect to your research question
Do the types of questions suit?
Delete any extra words; delete any questions that don’t connect to your topic;
Do the questions make sense to someone reading them for the first time?
Does the order of the questions make sense?
Bell (2005, p.150 to 153)

35. Group Work After Break Our research question for today…
How do people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland spend their time?
Each group will come up with questions about one of these topics:
what people do for fun
what activities people do alone
what activities people enjoy doing with others
where people go to do the activities they enjoy most
how people get where they want to go
what role technology plays in coordinating activities.

36. Writing Survey Questions
Sample Topic: What people do for fun
Question
What type of question is this?
Picture Idea

37. Coffee Break

38. What we did today
Neil – I’ll replace this session plan once we settle on the session contents…

39. Plan for Week 8?
We need to decide when we’ll have our closing session since OT students will be gone by May 13th
Original plan
(mistake about Bank Holiday on May 6th)
Idea for changing our plan…

40. Questions?

41. Your feedback on the session