Executive Summary

Finishing the Survey

Remember, the most difficult thing about using survey data, is getting the data. If your survey is confusing in any way, people will not take the time to do it. This is why you have to make sure your survey adheres to the following guidlines:

Survey Checklist

1. Start with demographic questions
2. Then yes/no and true/false
3. Proceed to other forced choice questions
4. Then rank order questions
5. And finally open ended question (do not have more than 2)
6. You should have a minimum of 10 questions (no more than 15)
7. Your name and class number should be given along with my name on the top of the page (along with the instructions)
8. Each question should be individually numbered
9. Answers should be bolded and capitalized
10. Instructions should be italicized
11. Important phrases capitalized
12. Include a page border
13. Add a symbol to the upper left-hand corner of your survey.
14. Include a title on the top of the page
15. Adjust your margins so that you can fit as much on one page as possible
16. Use one 12 point Times New Roman black font

Click here for an example of the propper format (Your survey should look very similar to this when you are finished.).

Executive Summary

Over the past week we have been discussing the new executive summary unit. You have selected a topic (a problem that you would like to fix within the school) and have begun to construct a survey. Some of the elements of a survey include forced choice questions, rank order questions and open-ended questions.

Here are some examples of each:

Forced Choice Questions

True/False Questions:

Earlier this year, there wasn't enough time to type the Narrative Accounts and All About Nonfiction Books

I have had problems transferring files between my home computer and school computer.

Yes/No Questions:

Do you think students should be allowed to take home their laptops?

If you were allowed to take you laptop home, would you use it to complete your work for school?

Best Answer Questions:

What would be the best system for taking laptops home?

• allow students to take them home every night
• allow students to take them home only on weeknights
• allow students to take them home only on weekends
• allow students to take them home only when teachers assign work to be done on the laptops

How many people share the computer you use at home?

• I don't have a computer at home
• I have my own computer at home
• 1-2 people share
• 3-4 people share
• More than 4 people share

Check All That Apply Questions

If I could take my laptop home, I would use it to do assignments for the following classes (check all that apply):
ELA
Math
Social Studies
Science
Other

Scale Questions

How would you rate the school food? On a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being great and 1 being awful, rank your answer.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Rank Order Questions

If you were allowed to take your school laptop home, what would you spend the most time using it for? (Rank from 1-6, with six being the most time spent and one being the least time spent)

___To practice typing
___To research school material
___To complete schoolwork
___To communicate with teachers and students about school-related work
___To communicate about work unrelated to school
___To communicate


Why do you need to take your laptop home? (Rank from 1-5, with five being the most important reason and one being the least important reason)

___My home does not have a computer
___The computer(s) I have at home is/are not always accessible to me
___My computer cannot connect to the Internet
___My home computer does not have the software I need for school
___I want to continue working on my classwork while at home

Rank from 1-7 the following reasons students aren't allowed to take laptops home, with 7 being the most the most legitimate reason and 1 being the least legitimate reason.

___The laptops will be lost.
___The laptops will be broken.
___The laptops will be stolen.
___Students will be attacked for their laptops.
___Students will forget to bring their laptops back.
___Students will forget to charge their laptops at home.
___Students will use their laptops improperly.

Open-Ended Questions

Open-ended questions do not give the respondent the option of picking a choice. They need to answer the question themselves

Why do you think the school has not yet allowed students to bring their laptops home?

What would the laptop mainly be used for at home?

Explain how taking your laptop home will affect your school performance.