2C,
D: Organize Survey Answers
Goal
You'll organize your survey results so you can use the information for your design work.
Objectives
Each person will be able to:
1. come up with ideas for organizing the survey results
2. organize survey answers
Materials
& Resources
Surveys people have returned to you filled out
Paper and pencil for each person
Samples of survey results in lists, bar graphs, and charts.
Activity
Steps:
1. Discuss:
Some of the things you need to know from the surveys are:
A. How people use the site now, so you don't change things they love about the site.
B. A list of the top 10 to 12 things people would like to be able to do in the new place.
C. Problems with the site that you might be able to solve with your design.
2. Hand out sample survey results. Read them over together. Discuss the following:
Which ways of organizing the survey results is the simplest? Which ways give you the most useful information? Choose a format that seems best.
3. Discuss the best method of getting the survey format you chose. If you chose bar graphs, how do you need to organize the answers to get a graph?
4. Give each person a stack of surveys and have them organize the information. At the end of the session add up each person's results and tell the whole group the total. As more surveys come in, continue with this process.