Smoke-Free Policy
The Final Report “Smoke-Free Policy”
Purpose of the Survey and the Survey Basics
The main research purpose of the survey “Smoke-Free Policy” was to measure the effectiveness of the smoke-free policy among the students which recently went into effect at Baruch College. The questionnaire which our project team designed and administered contained twelve questions including two demographic questions about the gender and the age range of the participants. We wanted to conduct the survey which will contain clear, balanced and well-structured questions and matched response categories to have a better response and coverage rate on the issues of smoke-free policy on the campus. The survey was conducted by Danielle Tumulty, Alona Chystyakova, Marc Fariello, Raymy Vasquez, and Abdul Shakoor. We used the Qualtrics System of Baruch College to create and administer the survey, and the link to the survey questions have been sent over the email to the fellow classmates in PAF 3105 course. The students were allowed one week to answer the questionnaire and submit their responses. The email invitation to participate in the survey was sent on Monday May April 15, 2013, and we closed the survey in a week on Monday, April 22, 2013.
Questions asked – why selected? Problems with questions
The construction of the questionnaire is a very important part of the survey. This is why it is required to keep the research purpose and goals in mind at each step and also determine in advance which topics must be covered, what specific questions must be asked and in which order the questions will be maintained. From the very beginning, our project team defined the issue and the purpose of the survey – to measure the effectiveness of the smoke-free policy among the students which recently went into effect at Baruch College. In order to get satisfying response and coverage rates, a great amount of time has been devoted to the questions which would be asked, on the pretest and revision of the
Purpose of the Survey and the Survey Basics
The main research purpose of the survey “Smoke-Free Policy” was to measure the effectiveness of the smoke-free policy among the students which recently went into effect at Baruch College. The questionnaire which our project team designed and administered contained twelve questions including two demographic questions about the gender and the age range of the participants. We wanted to conduct the survey which will contain clear, balanced and well-structured questions and matched response categories to have a better response and coverage rate on the issues of smoke-free policy on the campus. The survey was conducted by Danielle Tumulty, Alona Chystyakova, Marc Fariello, Raymy Vasquez, and Abdul Shakoor. We used the Qualtrics System of Baruch College to create and administer the survey, and the link to the survey questions have been sent over the email to the fellow classmates in PAF 3105 course. The students were allowed one week to answer the questionnaire and submit their responses. The email invitation to participate in the survey was sent on Monday May April 15, 2013, and we closed the survey in a week on Monday, April 22, 2013.
Questions asked – why selected? Problems with questions
The construction of the questionnaire is a very important part of the survey. This is why it is required to keep the research purpose and goals in mind at each step and also determine in advance which topics must be covered, what specific questions must be asked and in which order the questions will be maintained. From the very beginning, our project team defined the issue and the purpose of the survey – to measure the effectiveness of the smoke-free policy among the students which recently went into effect at Baruch College. In order to get satisfying response and coverage rates, a great amount of time has been devoted to the questions which would be asked, on the pretest and revision of the