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Communication English III

Communication English III. October 9/10 th 2012. Today. Piloting surveys. Discussion 1. Discussion 1 begins tomorrow. It will remain open until: Section 1: October 16 th (Monday ; 11:59 p.m.) Section 2: October 17 th (Tuesday; 11:59 p.m.) Read the instructions carefully.

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Communication English III

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  1. Communication English III October 9/10th 2012

  2. Today • Piloting surveys

  3. Discussion 1 • Discussion 1 begins tomorrow. • It will remain open until: Section 1: October 16th (Monday; 11:59 p.m.) Section 2: October 17th (Tuesday; 11:59 p.m.) • Read the instructions carefully.

  4. Practice presentation Make a short presentation using the provided data. - maximum 2 minutes. The table and figure are generic. You must decide what they really indicate. Use some of the provided phrases.

  5. Discussing the survey’s purpose: We used this survey to… We conducted this survey in order to… Through this survey, we intended to…(VERB + ___) investigate students’ attitudes toward the KMU dorm rules and regulations. examine students’ attitudes toward the KMU dorm rules and regulations.

  6. Discussing results and data: As you can see from this (diagram/table/chart/graph)… _____(of) respondents felt/said/indicated… This (diagram/table/chart/graph) clearly shows… As this (diagram/table/chart/graph) indicates/shows… 85% of respondents feel that the rules are too strict. 85% that the rules are too strict. students’ negative perceptions of the dorm rules.

  7. Discussing results and data: As this data shows… From this study, we found that… This suggests (that)… This data suggests… Our results indicated that… The dorm rules are perceived as too strict by the majority of students Most students have an overall negative perception of KMU’s dormitory rules and regulations. The university should give strong consideration to changing these rules.

  8. Discussing results and data: According to… From these results, we determined… According to our survey… The responses to question 2 of the survey, smoking in the dormitories has become the most annoying problem.

  9. Piloting What to look for: 1. Any of the “bad” types of questions we looked at. i.e., double-barrel, leading, branching, complicated.

  10. Piloting What to look for: 2. Poorly worded questions, or questions with unclear meaning. What do you think/feel/postulate/consider about the manner in which nutritional uptake is conducted in college students?

  11. Piloting What to look for: 3. Problems with response choices. i.e., too few choices, too many choices, choices that are too similar, choices that seem un-related to the questions, confusing choices

  12. Piloting What to look for: 4. Overlapping questions (questions that are too similar to each other).

  13. Piloting What to look for: 5. Suggestions for other questions.

  14. Piloting What to look for: 1. Any of the “bad” types of questions we looked at. 2. Poorly worded questions, or questions with unclear meaning. 3. Problems with response choices. 4. Overlapping questions 5. Suggestions for other questions.

  15. Administering a survey online Instructions: Please mark your choice with an “X” What is the best flavor of ice cream? a. chocolate b. vanilla c. strawberry d. other (please specify: coffee )

  16. Administering a survey online Instructions: Please enter your number in the parenthesis() Rank your preference for the following flavors of ice cream (4 – highest preference) (4)chocolate (3)vanilla (1)strawberry (2) green tea

  17. Administering a survey online Instructions: Please mark your choice with an “X” to the LEFT of the letter. (i.e., a b c Xd e Chocolate is the best flavor of ice cream.? a. Strongly agree b. agree c. neutral Xd. disagree e. strongly disagree

  18. Before next class • Please check the website “homework” section. • There will be some data. Please read it, print it, and bring it to class.

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