Edited+Survey+Questions

How awesome! One of you created this page!!! Good on you, mate! 1. What specific time of the day do you typically have the most trouble finding a parking spot? (e.g.9:30) At what time do you have the most trouble finding a parking spot? (Please choose one time. Be specific. e.g. 9:20am) 2. Out of these parking lots: Rood, Bernhard Center Ramp, Miller and other, which do you normally park in? I think maybe we could combine this question with question 3 in some way since they both concern specifically named parking lots. Maybe, "Out of these parking lots, which one do you normally park in: Rood, Bernhard Center Ramp, Miller, or Other, and do you have trouble finding a parking space in any of these lots?" I like the idea of combining question two and three to make one specifically regarding the parking lots. Also, it would be good to give a map of the campus along with the survery so that the students can choose directly from the campus map the parking lots they primarily park in.

3. Which parking lots do you have the most trouble finding a parking space? Rood, Bernhard Center Ramp, Miller, Other (please name) Okay, guys! I think the problem with this problem is that we are assuming that the person taking the survey has had trouble finding a parking space. Also, we need to make sure that everyone calls each lot by the same name. It was suggested at my table that a map of the campus and lots be included with the survey and they can find which one they use. My suggestion for this whole question is to make it two parts or part of another question. If there is the question of "Which parking lot(s) do you primarily park in? Rood, Bernhard Center Ramp, Miller, Other (please name)". Couldn't we combine this with our question and add: "Have you had any trouble finding a parking space in any of the parking lots? If so, which one? Rood, Bernhard Center Ramp, Miller, Other (please name)" Just a thought. Sorry so much for so little, guys! The point made is a good one. Don't bias your questions, assuming all have troubles finding parking spaces. I like the idea of a map. I think you can find one online; let me know if you can't. I'm wondering if you want to get at the idea of convenience somewhere as well in any of these questions (not just here). Perhaps showing all available parking lots would be a good idea. I'm not sure if I actually did what we were supposed to do. I addressed the question I was supposed to focus on, but was I supposed to come up with an idea for a final version of it? Or is this one that should be addressed in class? Yes, this should be our near final draft of the question since we didn't have much time in class for discussion. I'm hoping everyone (at least 2 other people?) on this question will comment and help you edit. you're not in this alone. I agree with the second point made. I think we should show all of the available parking lots because we are trying to figure out which parking lots are the most crowded. I think that is a valid point being made. So what is the final version of the question?

4. Which day(s) of the week, Monday - Friday, are you parking on main campus? I think this question is pretty simple and to the point. I don't have anything to add to it or take away, but I do feel that it should be in the final version. I agree, I am trying to find a way to tweak the question to better fit the survey but I can't seem to find anything wrong with it. I think that it is a well developed question that asks for a direct answer that will help our survey :)

5. Have you ever not been able to find a parking spot? I think in our survey we are focusing a lot on what time people have a problem and where. I think we should edit the question to ask have they had a problem and what did they do in that situation (e.g. keep circling the parking lot) etc. I think the question itself is fine if we put it at the beginning. Then if they say yes they can continue if they say no they can just stop taking the survey because the rest of the survey will not pertain to them. I also think that this question should stay the same because if someone doesn't have a problem parking most the survey will not apply to them.

6. How much time does it take in minutes to find a parkings space and park your car once you have entered campus grounds- maximum time (when you are parking at busy times of the day) and minimum times (" " slow times of the day)? ​ I feel like this is really confusing. I don't think we need to know maximum and minimum times. Just about an average amount of time it will take them to find a spot and park. So how would you word the question then? (Dr B) I think we could just leave out the second part of the question and leave it as, How much time does it take in minutes to find a parking space and park your car once you have entered campus grounds?

7. How many days during a week are you late to class because of parking?

8. How many times do you think you park in a W parking spot during the week? "do you think you park"? Students don't know if they're parking or not? You may want to rephrase this one. This question, should be phrased, How many times, on average, do you park in a 'W" parking spot during a week? The data received for this question may vary alot, and may be difficult to usewhen tryig to answer the question. I think we could modify the question to narrow the results, but do you agree we should??? How do you think this data will help in responding to the overall question? I guess I'm not seeing that connection.Dr. B  I see the point made by Dr. B, and after further consideration we probably should omit this question. When I originally resonded I was thinking the frequency one used a W parking spot coulb help in evaluating the parking problem as a whole. //My orignal thought to change this question was to specity on main campus, to focus towards our class problem. I now agree that data collected from this question doesn't help us to answer our question. I think we can omit this one as well.//

9. How much time do you normally give yourself to find a parking spot and walk to class? Because this one is similar to number 6 I thought we could rephrase this to: How long does it take you to get to class from where you park? I think the second question would be a good addition, because we still need to figure out if parking is a problem or not... Maybe: How long do you give yourself to find a parking space compared to the time you give yourself to walk from the parking space to class?