SKI SIGNAGE SURVEY

[john_bobier]

Hello, my name is John. I am a high school senior from the suburbs of Chicago and I am enrolled in AP Research. My research is on the design of ski safety signage, and its impact on safety. Attached is a survey that assesses the design of different ski signs. The survey is fully anonymous and I would greatly appreciate your participation. Please read all questions carefully and give your best answer. Thanks!

The Design of Ski Signage

 

[thetrailboss]

Done. Very interesting survey. And folks, this is legit. Happy to help a student!

 

[trackbiker]

Done. Very interesting survey. And folks, this is legit. Happy to help a student!

I think most here would find the survey interesting.

 

[kickstand]

Done. That was well designed. Hope it goes well for you.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Please report back with your results. very interesting and glad to help.

 

[ss20]

Agree... pretty good survey! Hopefully you open some eyes within the industry. Nicely done for high school!

 

[cdskier]

Interesting topic that I never gave that much thought to...

 

[abc]

Not bad for a high school student.

 

[Tin Woodsman]

Hello, my name is John. I am a high school senior from the suburbs of Chicago and I am enrolled in AP Research. My research is on the design of ski safety signage, and its impact on safety. Attached is a survey that assesses the design of different ski signs. The survey is fully anonymous and I would greatly appreciate your participation. Please read all questions carefully and give your best answer. Thanks!

The Design of Ski Signage

Well done John. Really good work for a high school student (I do this for a living). You might want to add an open response text box on some of these questions to get a bit of the "why" behind the "what", but great job regardless.

 

[abc]

You might want to add an open response text box on some of these questions to get a bit of the "why" behind the "what", but great job regardless.

Why?

He offered a comment box at the very end.

 

[RH29]

I think a greater standardization of signage would be beneficial, especially in this era where mega passes have led to a lot of "mountain hopping".

Good luck, John!

 

[Tin Woodsman]

Why?

He offered a comment box at the very end.

Yes - one aggregate comment box after everyone had likely forgotten the individual questions they were asked 2-3 minutes prior. Coding open ends is hard. Doing so when you only provide one chance to speak to numerous different issues is harder still.

 

[abc]

Yes - one aggregate comment box after everyone had likely forgotten the individual questions they were asked 2-3 minutes prior. Coding open ends is hard. Doing so when you only provide one chance to speak to numerous different issues is harder still.

But who’s going to read all those words? There’s no way to tabulate words.

He’s creating a survey, not a a discussed forum.

 

[cdskier]

Yes - one aggregate comment box after everyone had likely forgotten the individual questions they were asked 2-3 minutes prior. Coding open ends is hard. Doing so when you only provide one chance to speak to numerous different issues is harder still.

Agreed. I tried to like this post instead of responding to it...but the forum gave me a "server error" lol

 

[Tin Woodsman]

But who’s going to read all those words? There’s no way to tabulate words.

He’s creating a survey, not a a discussed forum.

As I stated in my original post, that exercise can be valuable to give you the "why" behind the "what". The output of surveys isn't simply a wall of numbers, nor is it a simple recitation of the the results of each question. That's not how information is communicated. It's communicated via a written narrative. There is nothing better to bring a narrative to life than the actual or paraphrased words of the consumer/user.

As a result, coding those open ends is both time consuming and highly rewarding in the research process. But sure, give me more ignorant hot takes about "tabulating words" and "discussed forums"

 

[abc]

It’s precisely because it’s “hard” that it’s a waste of effort to have a comment box for each and every question!

The high school kid did a better job of balancing effort vs result than even those “do it for a living“ by having 1 overall comment box.

Time to give that “living” to a younger generation!