Help needed, Statistics Project
Help needed, Statistics Project
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Jon C

Original Poster:

3,214 posts

276 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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Hi all, writing on behalf of Mrs C, who is a mature student studying an animal care course. Part of her studies is to do a brief survey, on a topic of her choosing outside the realm of animal care. She has decided on a survey into fuel usage pre and post Autumn 2008. Time is of the essence, so in order to get a few more responses, I said I would post it on here. What she wants is simple tick answers to the questions in the box. For reasons of privacy, please feel free to Ctrl C the questions into an e mail and PM your responses to me, or post replies below. Many thanks in advance.

Jon C

Janes Survey said:
1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)
17-25
26-35
36-45
46-55
55+


2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)

Male
Female


3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)

1
2
3+


4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)

Petrol
Diesel
LPG


Last year, automotive fuel prices reached record levels, with Petrol reaching £1.25 a litre and Diesel nearly £1.40.


5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)

Not at all, company driver
Not at all, Price is not an issue for me
No, but it hurt!
Yes, I thought twice before using the car
Yes, I took active steps; car-sharing, modified driving style, etc., to reduce my fuel bill
Yes, I used a different / more economical car as a result
Yes, I stopped using the car altogether


6, If you answered yes to question 5, now that fuel prices have reduced significantly, have your driving patterns reverted back to pre 2008 levels?(Tick as appropriate)

Yes, I am back to using my car as before
No, my pattern of car use has now changed as a result of the previously increased fuel prices

arryb

11,311 posts

231 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)
17-25

2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)
Male

3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)
1

4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)
Diesel

5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)
No, but it hurt!

Jon C

Original Poster:

3,214 posts

276 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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Bump for daytime crowd

DrTre

12,957 posts

261 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)
26-35
2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)
Male
3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)
1
4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)
Petrol
5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)
No, but it hurt!

daveenty

2,385 posts

239 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)
46-55
2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)
Male
3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)
1
4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)
Petrol
5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)
No, but it hurt!


I have a feeling that the above will be pretty much the average round here smile (apart from the age)

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

227 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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The demographic on PH will totally skew the results anyway, so just make them up as it would be easier and probably just as accurate. Especially if it's purely to give her some raw data to fiddle with.

ETA Q5 is also skewed towards the Yes answer so the data will be biased. She may want to change this, as it will be picked up by the Uni. You may want to point her in the direction of a book on questionnaire design - there are loads of them about.

Edited by rhinochopig on Thursday 15th January 12:45

Gaspode

4,167 posts

225 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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1 46-55
2 Male
3 3+
4 Petrol
5 Not at all, Price is not an issue for me
6 No Change

Graham E

13,018 posts

215 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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Janes Survey said:
1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)
17-25
26-35 x m
36-45
46-55
55+


2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)

Male x
Female m


3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)

1
2 m
3+ x


4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)

Petrol m
Diesel x
LPG


Last year, automotive fuel prices reached record levels, with Petrol reaching £1.25 a litre and Diesel nearly £1.40.


5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)

Not at all, company driver x
Not at all, Price is not an issue for me
No, but it hurt! m
Yes, I thought twice before using the car
Yes, I took active steps; car-sharing, modified driving style, etc., to reduce my fuel bill
Yes, I used a different / more economical car as a result
Yes, I stopped using the car altogether


6, If you answered yes to question 5, now that fuel prices have reduced significantly, have your driving patterns reverted back to pre 2008 levels?(Tick as appropriate)

Yes, I am back to using my car as before
No, my pattern of car use has now changed as a result of the previously increased fuel prices
x = me, m = missus.

Dolf

487 posts

242 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)
36-45

2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)
Male

3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)
3+

4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)
Diesel

5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)
No, but it hurt!

C C

198 posts

224 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)

26-35

2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)

Female


3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)

2

4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)

Petrol
Diesel
(used to use the two cars equally - 6 months each, one is diesel and 1 petrol)


Last year, automotive fuel prices reached record levels, with Petrol reaching £1.25 a litre and Diesel nearly £1.40.


5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)


Yes, I used a different / more economical car as a result

I used to use my (not economical at all) petrol car for all journeys, the longer the better, in the Late Spring/Summer/Early Autumn. When the fuel prices shot up I sometimes used the diesel car for the long journeys to keep the costs down - hated doing this in the sunshine!


6, If you answered yes to question 5, now that fuel prices have reduced significantly, have your driving patterns reverted back to pre 2008 levels?(Tick as appropriate)

Yes, I am back to using my cars as before (or I will be once the salt is off the roads!)biggrin

Dirty Boy

14,858 posts

238 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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Janes Survey said:
1, What age group are you? (BOLD as appropriate)
17-25
26-35
36-45
46-55
55+

2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)

Male
Female

3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)

1
2
3+

4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)

Petrol
Diesel
LPG

Last year, automotive fuel prices reached record levels, with Petrol reaching £1.25 a litre and Diesel nearly £1.40.

5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)

Not at all, company driver
Not at all, Price is not an issue for me
No, but it hurt!
Yes, I thought twice before using the car
Yes, I took active steps; car-sharing, modified driving style, etc., to reduce my fuel bill
Yes, I used a different / more economical car as a result
Yes, I stopped using the car altogether


6, If you answered yes to question 5, now that fuel prices have reduced significantly, have your driving patterns reverted back to pre 2008 levels?(Tick as appropriate)

Yes, I am back to using my car as before
No, my pattern of car use has now changed as a result of the previously increased fuel prices

Planet Claire

3,418 posts

238 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)
17-25
26-35
36-45
46-55
55+


2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)

Male
Female


3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)

1
2
3+


4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)

Petrol
Diesel
LPG


Last year, automotive fuel prices reached record levels, with Petrol reaching £1.25 a litre and Diesel nearly £1.40.

5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)

Not at all, company driver
Not at all, Price is not an issue for me
No, but it hurt!
Yes, I thought twice before using the car
Yes, I took active steps; car-sharing, modified driving style, etc., to reduce my fuel bill
Yes, I used a different / more economical car as a result
Yes, I stopped using the car altogether

Jon C

Original Poster:

3,214 posts

276 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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rhinochopig said:
The demographic on PH will totally skew the results anyway, so just make them up as it would be easier and probably just as accurate. Especially if it's purely to give her some raw data to fiddle with.

ETA Q5 is also skewed towards the Yes answer so the data will be biased. She may want to change this, as it will be picked up by the Uni. You may want to point her in the direction of a book on questionnaire design - there are loads of them about.

Edited by rhinochopig on Thursday 15th January 12:45
It has also been posted on other fora, including MSE and handbags.com. This should (hopefully) even things out.

many thanks to those who have already replied, still need more though!

snotrag

15,624 posts

240 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)
17-25
26-35
36-45
46-55
55+


2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)

Male
Female


3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)

1
2
3+


4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)

Petrol
Diesel
LPG


Last year, automotive fuel prices reached record levels, with Petrol reaching £1.25 a litre and Diesel nearly £1.40.


5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)

Not at all, company driver
Not at all, Price is not an issue for me
No, but it hurt!
Yes, I thought twice before using the car
Yes, I took active steps; car-sharing, modified driving style, etc., to reduce my fuel bill
Yes, I used a different / more economical car as a result
Yes, I stopped using the car altogether


6, If you answered yes to question 5, now that fuel prices have reduced significantly, have your driving patterns reverted back to pre 2008 levels?(Tick as appropriate)

Yes, I am back to using my car as before
No, my pattern of car use has now changed as a result of the previously increased fuel prices

tomtom

4,265 posts

259 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)
17-25



2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)

Male



3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)


3+


4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)

Petrol



Last year, automotive fuel prices reached record levels, with Petrol reaching £1.25 a litre and Diesel nearly £1.40.


5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)


Not at all, Price is not an issue for me



6, If you answered yes to question 5, now that fuel prices have reduced significantly, have your driving patterns reverted back to pre 2008 levels?(Tick as appropriate)

N/A

Big Bad Ben

251 posts

266 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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Jon C said:
1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)
17-25
26-35 x m
36-45
46-55
55+


2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)

Male x
Female m


3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)

1 m
2 x
3+


4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)

Petrol x
Diesel m
LPG


Last year, automotive fuel prices reached record levels, with Petrol reaching £1.25 a litre and Diesel nearly £1.40.


5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)

Not at all, company driver
Not at all, Price is not an issue for me
No, but it hurt! m
Yes, I thought twice before using the car
Yes, I took active steps; car-sharing, modified driving style, etc., to reduce my fuel bill x
Yes, I used a different / more economical car as a result
Yes, I stopped using the car altogether


6, If you answered yes to question 5, now that fuel prices have reduced significantly, have your driving patterns reverted back to pre 2008 levels?(Tick as appropriate)

Yes, I am back to using my car as before
No, my pattern of car use has now changed as a result of the previously increased fuel prices x
As above, x=me, m=missus

Best of luck to Mrs C with the project!

Bowler

915 posts

240 months

Thursday 15th January 2009
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Hi JC

Bowler said:
1, What age group are you?

46-55

2, What gender are you?

Male

3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?

3+bounce

4, What fuel does your main car use?

Petrol, as Diesel is the fuel of Beelzebub and LPG is for barbeques

Last year, automotive fuel prices reached record levels, with Petrol reaching £1.25 a litre and Diesel nearly £1.40.

5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?

No, but it really hurt!Can I mention at this point that I fking hate Gordon Brown?

6, If you answered yes to question 5, now that fuel prices have reduced significantly, have your driving patterns reverted back to pre 2008 levels?

Yes, I am back to using my car as before
No, my pattern of car use has now changed as a result of the previously increased fuel prices
Mrs Bowler who wants to add to the survey said:
1, What age group are you?

46-55

2, What gender are you?

Female

3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?

3+


4, What fuel does your main car use?

Petrol

Last year, automotive fuel prices reached record levels, with Petrol reaching £1.25 a litre and Diesel nearly £1.40.


5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?

No, but it hurt!

6, If you answered yes to question 5, now that fuel prices have reduced significantly, have your driving patterns reverted back to pre 2008 levels?

Yes, I am back to using my car as before
No, my pattern of car use has now changed as a result of the previously increased fuel prices
HTH

Cheers

G

Edited by Bowler on Thursday 15th January 18:01

Jon C

Original Poster:

3,214 posts

276 months

Saturday 17th January 2009
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Final bump for the weekenders.

Howard-

4,964 posts

231 months

Saturday 17th January 2009
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1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)
17-25



2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)

Male



3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)

2


4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)

Petrol



Last year, automotive fuel prices reached record levels, with Petrol reaching £1.25 a litre and Diesel nearly £1.40.


5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)


Not at all, Price is not an issue for me



6, If you answered yes to question 5, now that fuel prices have reduced significantly, have your driving patterns reverted back to pre 2008 levels?(Tick as appropriate)

No, my pattern of car use has not changed as a result of the previously increased fuel prices

FunkyNige

9,813 posts

304 months

Saturday 17th January 2009
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1, What age group are you? (Tick as appropriate)
26-35

2, What gender are you?(Tick as appropriate)
Male

3, How many cars do you drive or use on a regular basis?(Tick as appropriate)
1

4, What fuel does your main car use?(Tick as appropriate)
Petrol

5, During the period when fuel prices were highest, did the prices have a significant impact on how much you used your car?(Tick as appropriate)
No, but it hurt!