A Survey of 50 Parents
In January ‘08, fifty elementary school parents of a county school district were surveyed regarding their satisfaction with a free after-school day care program. The parents filled out the survey on after the end of the fall semester (in January ‘08). In June ‘08, the parents were telephoned and resurveyed and were asked to rate their overall satisfaction again.
| Variable | Position | Label | Measurement Level | |
| id | 1 | ID | Scale | Participant ID number |
| Safety | 2 | Safety of Children | Scale | On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the safety of the environment for the children? |
| Education | 3 | Educational Activities | Scale | On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your satisfaction with the educational activities? |
| Social | 4 | Social Activities | Scale | On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your satisfaction with the social activities? |
| Physical | 5 | Physical Activities | Scale | On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your satisfaction with the physical activities (sports, dance, etc.)? |
| Newstudent | 6 | Type of Student | Ordinal | 0 = new student 1 = returning student |
| Usage | 7 | Usage Level | Scale | What percent of the school semester is your child in the day care program? |
| Osatjan | 8 | Overall Satisfaction in January | Scale | On a scale of 1 to 7, rate your overall satisfaction with the day care program. |
| Osatjun | 9 | Overall Satisfaction in June | Scale | On a scale of 1 to 7, rate your overall satisfaction with the day care program. |
| Title1 | 10 | Receives Title 1 Free Lunch | Nominal | Does your child receive a free lunch?
0 = No; 1 = Yes |
| Family | 11 | Number of Parents | Nominal | 0 = One Parent/Guardian; 1 = 2 Parents/Guardians |
| Children | 12 | Number of Children in School | Nominal | 1 = One Child; 2 = Two Children; 3 = Three or more |
Variables in the working file
For each research question, describe in your Microsoft Word document the application of the seven steps of the hypothesis testing model.
MODULE 7 Application Assignments
Question 1: In Fall ‘07, the district sent home flyers encouraging parents to take advantage of the free after-school day care services, hoping to increase utilization. Are larger families using these services more than smaller families? In other words, does the utilization by family size (one child, two children, three or more) differ from what one would expect by chance?
- Run a chi square goodness of fit using Children as the variable with “all categories equal.”
- Report the observed and expected values and the tests of statistical significance.
Question 2: The district received data from the State indicated that this type of after-school program tends to attract larger families. Does the distribution of family in this county (one child, two children, three or more) differ from the State data?
- Run a chi square goodness of fit using Family Size as the variable with “all categories unequal” with 12, 26, and 12 as the expected values.
- Report the observed and expected values and the tests of statistical significance.
Question 3: The district would like to know if there is a relationship between the Family Size and Free Lunch in the utilization of day-care services.
- Run chi square independence test (crosstabs) using Family Size in the rows and Title1 in the column.
- Use the chi square and the phi coefficient to evaluate the relationship and statistical significance.
- Report the observed and expected values and the tests of statistical significance.
Write a brief conclusion statement summarizing your results. What can you tell this district about the kinds of families that use the day care program? Is utilization in this county similar or different than the state? What type of family is the most frequent user of these services?