(d) Describe your sample frame (75 words):
I will give the questionnaires to 10 adults and 10 teenagers so that there are an equal amount of questionnaire’s for each age groups. The teenagers will be 14-14 years old and they will be given the questionnaires in school in south Wales. The names will be picked at random in registration time. The adults will be 30-40 Years old and will be given the questionnaires by my mum from her work place in Atlantic College.
B. Procedure (10 marks)
(a) Describe how you carried out the research (300 words):
I wrote questions that are Likert Scale so that they were easy to answer and I only have to tick. The questionnaire only took over 1 page so that didn't take so long to print out and answer the questions. I printed out 1 questionnaire and then got permission from the school for me to photocopy the questionnaire so that it won’t take up as much time as printing 20 out, 10 for the 14-15 year olds and 10 for the 30-40 year olds. I gave the 14-15 Year olds questionnaire's to the form tutors for them to give out the questionnaires at a suitable time. The 14-15 year olds were given envelopes so that the answers that they have chosen would be kept anonymous and nobody would know what they said but themselves. The 30-40 year olds questionnaires were given out through my mum and dad. First I wrote a letter for permission to be able to give the letter out to my parent’s colleagues. The 30-40 year olds were given envelopes so that the answers that they have chosen would be kept anonymous and nobody would know what they have said but themselves. The questionnaires for the 14-15 year olds were given back as soon as they have been filled in and they were given the envelopes to put the questionnaires in. The questionnaire's for the 30-40 Year olds were given back to my mum who will pass on the questionnaire's back to me. They were also given envelopes so that the answers they have chosen would be kept anonymous and nobody would know what they have said but themselves. Then I will separate the questionnaires by age into two piles. They will be 14-15 Year olds and 30-40 Year olds. Then once I have put the questionnaires into piles I will compare the results.
(b) List the materials and documentation you used. (Samples of relevant materials e.g. questionnaire, interview schedule, content analysis, checklist etc. may be included as an appendix.) (20 words):
The materials and documentation that I have used for this coursework is Microsoft Word to be able to make the questionnaires, the printer and photocopier to be able to photocopy one of the questionnaires and make 19 copies so that I can give out 10 to 13-14 year olds and 10 to 30-40 year olds. I needed to use Microsoft Word Processor to make the questionnaires and also I needed to use Microsoft Excel to make the bar charts so that I was able to see my results neatly and clearly.
C. Results (10 marks)
(a) Describe the main results of your investigation (300 words):
For the question “would you prefer to get married young or old?” I found out that 100% of the 13-14 year olds prefer to get married young and 70% of the 30-40 year olds say that they prefer to get married young and 30% say that they prefer to get married older. This shows that both of the adults and teenagers have a similar view point of the answer to this question.
For the question “what type of wedding do you prefer?” 10% of the 13-14 year olds would prefer to get married in a Registry Office and 90% of them say that they would prefer to get married in a church. 30% of the 30-40 year olds say that they would prefer to get married in a Registry Office and 70% of the 30-40 year olds say that they would prefer to get married in a Church. This shows that both the adults and the teenagers have got a similar viewpoint.
For the question “what age do you think is suitable to get married?” 70% of the 13-14 year olds say that 25+ is a suitable age to get married, none of them think that 30+ is a suitable age to get married and 30% of them think that 40+ is a suitable age to get married. With the 30-40 year olds, 50% of them say that they think 25+ is a suitable age to get married, 30% of them says that they think 30+ is a suitable age to get married and 20% of them think that 40+ is a suitable age to get married, Which show that the adults and teenagers both have a similar viewpoint.
For the question “do you think marriage is important?” 100% of both 13-14 year old and 30-40 year olds think that marriage is important. This shows that adults and teenagers both have the same viewpoint.
For the question “do you believe that divorce is acceptable?” 40% of 13-14 year olds believe that divorce is acceptable and 60% of 30-40 year olds believe that divorce isn’t acceptable. 80% of 30-40 year olds believe that divorce is acceptable and 20% believe that divorce isn’t acceptable. This shows that the adults and teenagers have a very different viewpoint.
For the question “do you think that there should be jobs within marriage?” 40% of 13-14 year olds think that there should be jobs within marriage and 60% of the 13-14 year olds don't think that there should be jobs within marriage. 80% of 30-40 year olds think that there should be jobs within marriage and 20% of 30-40 year olds don't think there should be jobs within marriage. This shows that teenagers and adults have a very different viewpoint.
For the question "which partner should work", 10% of the teenagers said women, 10% of them said men and 80% of them said both. 20% of the 30-40 year olds said women, none said men and 80% said both. this shows that both teenagers and adults have a very similar view.
For the question "how long should you know someone before getting engaged?", none of the 13-14 year olds chose less than one month, 20% of them chose 6 months to 2 years and 80% of them chose over 2 years. none of the adults chose less than one month, 10% of them said 6 months to 2 years and 90% of them said over 2 years. This shows that both teenagers and adults have a similar viewpoint.
For the question "should you be committed in a marriage", both 100% of 13-14 year olds and 30-40 year olds said yes. This shows that they both have the same viewpoint.
For the question "Should you both discuss what you want from life before marrying?" both 100% 13-14 year olds and 30-40 year olds said yes. This shows that they both have the same viewpoint.
For the question "Is it good for a couple to fight sometimes?", 90% of 13-14 year olds said yes and 10% of them said no. 100% of the 30-40 year olds said yes. This shows that the teenagers and adults have a similar viewpoint.
The results show that both teenagers and adults have a similar viewpoint about marriage even though they are very different ages
(b) Did you feel you met your aims? Give reasons for your answer.
(100 words):
I feel that I have met my aims in this coursework because I have found out whether teenagers and adults have a similar viewpoint on marriage or not. In the coursework I found out that my hypothesis wasn't true and that teenagers and adults do have a similar viewpoint to each other.
D. Conclusions (10 marks)
(a) Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the method you chose (150 words):
The strengths that I had in the method that I chose is that I used to the Likert scale in the questionnaire so that it wouldnt take long for the questionnaire to be filled out, there was a correct number of questions so I was able to get a good idea about the different age group's point of view and I gave out the questionnaire's safely and sensibly so that there weren't any safety risks or problems. The weaknesses that I had in the method that I chose are The questions might not have been answered correctly because I gave the questionnaire's out in a classroom and there may have been peer pressure, I gave the questionnaire's out at form time and U could of had the questions more easier for people to understand.
(b) Was the data reliable? Give reasons. (75 words):
The data in the graphs and answers in the questionnaire's are reliable because both age groups have a similar answer in their results and there isn't a big difference between all of the replies and their answers from different age groups.
(c) Was the data valid? Give reasons. (75 words):
The data was valid because there wasn't many outliers in each of the questions and many people said the same thing which shows that the both age groups have a similar point of view and that the results are able to be accepted.
(d) How might you improve or develop your investigation if you were to do it again? (100 words):
If I was to do the investigation again i would improve or develop my investigation by writing more questions and asking a bigger range of people their opinions instead of asking just 2 age groups. Also i could add 2 different genders in and ask a bigger amount of people their opinion to make the results more reliable and there would be more sources to take their opinions from.
