Child Labor Opinion Survey - Methodology


Subsections

• Survey Description
• Survey Sample
• Data Analysis

Survey Description


The survey consisted of twelve questions, divided into roughly 3 sections. The sections were:

1. Case Scenarios (three question)



2. Yes/No Questions (four questions)



3. Rating Opinion Questions (four questions, each answered with a rating on a 1-5-point scale)

The survey also included a question asking the participant how old he or she was. The survey was created by our ThinkQuest team.

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Survey Sample


This survey used a convenience sample. Four groups of people completed the survey in December 2003.

1. 60 of the survey participants were seventh-graders from a school in southern Ohio



2. 3 of the participants were adults from southern Ohio



3. 10 were children from Bangladesh



4. 11 were adults from Bangladesh

Though our ThinkQuest group lives in the United States, we were able to collect results from Bangladesh because a member’s relative was on a trip there. This relative administered the survey to her friends and relatives and then gave our team the results.

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Data Analysis


Survey responses were entered into an Excel workbook document. There, several operations were run on the raw data. Percentages for question choices were found, as well as averages for selected questions. Common response patterns were also examined. See our findings for more information.

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