How to make a survey How to make a survey and a case study and a case study

about time about time management of management of young people in young people in

Europe?Europe?

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What do WE want to What do WE want to learn?learn?

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How do WE want to How do WE want to present data?present data?

in a table, a bar graph, a pie chart or just explained in words

What do WE want to What do WE want to learn?learn?

Open-ended

? Please, describe me your “normal” day at school?

Closed-ended

? Do you make a planning of your day at school?A - …B - …C - …D - …

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don't "lead" people to the answer

? Don’t you prefer relaxing rather than studding?

? How important is relaxing for you?

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A - Not ImportantB - Some ImportanceC - Very Important

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? How important is relaxing for you?

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? How important is relaxing for you?

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? How many hours do you study in your day?

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A – Less than 1B – 1 to 2C – 2 to 4D – more than 4

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? What do you prefer to do in your free time?

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A - Talk with friendsB - SleepingC – Absolutely nothingD – Play (PC, Internet, Xbox, and so on…)E – Social network (facebook, twitter,…)F - ShoppingG – Other: _____________________

What are the possible answers to this question?

Please rank just 4 of the following activities from 1 to 4, putting 1 next to your favorite through to 4 for your least favorite

____ - Talk with friends____ - Sleeping____ - Absolutely nothing____ - Play (PC, Internet, Xbox, aso)____ - Social network (facebook, twitter,…)____ - Shopping____ - Other: _____________________

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http://www.keyorganization.com/time-management-statistics.php

The activity that college students were least likely to give up for a week. --26%, Checking, reading and sending emails--26%, Text messaging--15%, Watching TV--11%, Talking on the phone-- 9%, Visiting social networking sites-- 7%, Reading magazines-- 6%, Visiting websites other than social networks

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http://ezinearticles.com/?Time-Management-Self-Assessment-Techniques-For-Boosting-Personal-Productivity&id=3399413

Here are some questions that can be included in your questionnaire:

• Do I spend my precious time on low value jobs?

• Do I act, sometimes, if I was very busy?

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http://advising.wayne.edu/hndbk/time.php

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http://ucspace.canberra.edu.au/download/attachments/57409834/TUSSTMQ5.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1265677437241

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http://www.effective-time-management-strategies.com/time-management-survey.html

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http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/time.htm

• short questionnaire • closed-ended questions • simple words • relax your grammar • don't write leading question • balance rating scales • don't make the list of choices too long • pre-test your survey • start with interesting questions• from facts to opinions th

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• population . age? . grade? . gender?

• sampling. school representative (%) ?. or “nation” representative (n) ?

. our closed friends ?

. our random friends ?

. random colleagues ?

• where to question them? How to do it?

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• a day in Brian’s life

. fiction . result of our survey

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. result of our small open ended survey . result of our experience

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How to make a survey and a case study How to make a survey and a case study about time management of young people in about time management of young people in

Europe?Europe?