Objectives
- To develop a framework for the research study to be implemented
- To create a list of statements that are developed by the young people concerning to the areas subject to the research ( participation, education, employment, health, housing )
- To initiate the research study with the young people as a trial group
Duration and Planning
- Youth Study : 15 minutes
- Development of Survey Questions : 60 minutes
- Rounds of Feedbacks : 10 minutes
- Revising the Survey Questions : 30 minutes
- Finalising the overall survey and developing the framework : 30 mins
Materials
- Flipchart
- Board Marker
- A4 Papers
- Pens
Recommended Method
The facilitator gives the young people about the framework of the youth studies and how the questionnaires are constructed to gather data. During this phase, the facilitator provides input about the general idea of each aspect that will be studied during the implementation of the research study ( these aspects are not final but they are provided as a guiding questions for participants to engage in the discussion ) :
- Youth Discourse : How the young people is seen in the media and policy papers? What are the words associated with the young people? How the young people would like to be portrayed?
- Participation : Which means the young people use to participate? Where the young people participates? How they engage in the public life? Why do not the young people participate?
- Education: What issues in the education scene the young people has? How can we understand the issues of young people they define as important in education?
- Employment: What issues that are related with the employment of young people? How can we deal with the issues of employment when it comes to the young people?
- Health: What are the issues when it comes to the health and health related issues?
- Housing: What the young people faces when it comes to the right to housing?
In this section, the facilitator provides the participants with three types of tools that we have planned to use during the implementation of the research study. In that section, the facilitator will provide the three tools :
- Yes/No Questions ( Closed Questions ) : Close ended questions are defined as question types that ask respondents to choose from a distinct set of pre-defined responses, such as “yes/no” or among set multiple choice questions. In a typical scenario, closed-ended questions are used to gather quantitative data from respondents.
- Likert Questions : A Likert scale is a rating scale used to measure opinions, attitudes, or behaviours. It consists of a statement or a question, followed by a series of five or seven answer statements. Respondents choose the option that best corresponds with how they feel about the statement or question. Because respondents are presented with a range of possible answers, Likert scales are great for capturing the level of agreement or their feelings regarding the topic in a more nuanced way. However, Likert scales are prone to response bias, where respondents either agree or disagree with all the statements due to fatigue or social desirability or have a tendency toward extreme responding or other demand characteristics.
- Open-ended Questions : Open-ended questions are free-form survey questions that allow and encourage respondents to answer in open-text format to answer based on their complete knowledge, feeling, and understanding. The detailed response to this question is not limited to a set of options.
- Frequency Questions: Frequency questions asks the participants to understand the frequency of their actions to understand the variables of their interests and how frequent that implement one action in a manner of frequency.
By using these methods, the participants are asked to develop the research questions in a survey format. During this process, the participants will have to change their groups 3 times in a circular way. In that way, the participants will be able to give each other feedback about the statements, likert questions or yes/no questions and they will be able to revise the outputs of each group. After the feedback round written to the outputs, each group will revise their questions according to the feedbacks received from the other groups.
In the end of the session, the participants will finalise the overall framework for the research team to go through again and realise the research activity from the perspective of young people. In the end of the session, the facilitator will tell the participants that s/he will create the survey to try out and analyze with overall during the follow-up of the training activity.
Additional Information and Readings
McCombes, S. (2023, June 22). Survey Research | Definition, Examples & Methods. Scribbr. Retrieved April 2, 2022, from https://www.scribbr.com/methodology/survey-research/
