RAP Week 7 April 8 TH 2013
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RAP Week 7
APRIL 8TH 2013
IDS@UL Presents
RAP Module
Plan for Today
What have we learned so far?Our list:
Big Research Questions Are…
Important
Something we can answer
About a new idea
Clear and simple
Interesting
How do we answer big research questions?
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.
Survey vs InterviewWhy 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
3. Surveys in Research Process
Ethics Approval then
Recruit People
Gather Stories by Interviews,
Focus Groups or Surveys
Find AnswersTell People What We Learned
Decide on Research Question
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Data analysis means… Recording each answer Finding out which answers were the
same for the group Finding out which answers were different
for the group For our survey it means taking answers
from 136 pages and cutting this to one page to tell the story.
Telling the Research Story with Numbers
Steps to Telling the Research Story from a Survey
Picture Step
1. Organising survey numbers
2. Counting the answers
3. Making charts
4. Explaining charts
Step 1: Organising Numbers Filling in a table
Paper
Computer
Person Answer 1 Answer 2 Answer 3
MOBILE TEXTING INTERNET
18/20 13/20 11/20
% 90% 65% 55%
Step 2: CountingMaking a Floor Map…
Step 3: Making a Chart
Bar Chart
Pie Chart
Step 4: Explaining Charts Write down one sentence to tell people
what the chart means…
Make a Chart:Compare RAP and TILDA
TILDA RAP
Phones and Computers
23% had mobile phone25% sent texts7% used the internet
90%65%55%
Getting Around 21% Public Bus90% Driver from Service (minivan)12% Train46% Took taxis39% Driven by family
47%53%40%40%40%
What people like to do
19% Special Olympics84% Go Shopping81% Watch TV 86% Go out for coffee
47%87%87%87%
Our Survey
Our Survey: Men and Women
Males Females0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14MaleFemal
e1 11 1
11
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1: Organise 2: Count
Men=4Women=12
3: Make a Chart
4: Explain: More women than men filled out our survey.
Link to Survey Slides…
Group Work After BreakOur research question for today…
How do people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland spend their time?
Each group will come up with answers to all of our survey questions about one of these topics:
Group 1: what activities people do alone; what activities people enjoy doing with others
Group 2: where people go to do the activities they enjoy most; how people get where they want to go
Group 3: what role technology plays in coordinating activities.
Coffee Break
What we did today
Plan for Week 10
Finishing our Celebration Slides
Practicing our talk
Doing interviews to tell us what it was like to be a RAP student (for anyone who agrees)
Questions?
Your feedback on the session