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• To increase
your response rate, make your surveys quick and easy to
respond to by providing response options wherever possible.
Short answer responses are more time-consuming for people
to respond to, and the data is more time-consuming to analyze.
For example:
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How did you feel about the number
of students in your group? ____________________
Vs.
How did you feel about the number of students in your
group?
Too Many Just
Right Not
Enough
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• Use Likert or
numeric scales rather than "Yes or No" responses
to get more specific data. For example:
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Did you receive enough information
to prepare for your conference presentation?
Yes No
Vs.
I received adequate information prior to the conference
to help me prepare my presentation.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
Disagree
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• Line up
the rating definitions with the ratings. Example:
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Confusing:
Poor Average Excellent
1 2 3 4 5 6
Good:
Poor Average Excellent
1 2 3 4 5
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• Determine
what format is best to get the information you need.
It might be best to get feedback from certain groups
verbally than by survey. The SMARTgirls EYH in Seattle
holds a presenter lunch during the conference and solicits
verbal feedback from presenters.
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• Hone your
questions. Ask only the questions you need answers to.
Consider what you will do with the information you get
to each question. If you will not make a change based
on the responses to the question, consider omitting that
question.
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• Ask questions
that measure the goals or objectives of the conference.
Here are some sample questions you could use with a Likert
scale response:
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- This conference makes me more interested in taking
classes in math, science, or technology.
- I learned about careers that I didn’t know
about before today.
- I am more interested in working in a science, technology,
engineering, or math career now.
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• Find out
whether volunteers or presenters are interested in volunteering
again, but protect anonymity by making contact information
optional.
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• Ask presenters
or volunteers to provide names and contact information
of other people who might want to present or volunteer.
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• Ask presenters
how well the facility and/or equipment met their needs.
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• Find out
what was great and what could have been improved about
the conference.
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• Have
students rate the individual workshops and the conference
overall. Have the students rate the opening assembly
if you have a presenter for that as well.
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• Have students
rate how hands-on the workshops were.
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• Ask students
their suggestions for future workshops.
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• Collect
student demographic information, such as race and grade.
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• Ask students
how they found out about the conference. The data will
help with recruiting students next year.
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