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