Questionnaire Results

By analysing my questionnaire results i can see what factors and features are most important to include in my sixth form magazine so that it will be appealing to my target age group.

I asked 10 people to complete the questionnaire, 2 males and 8 females. The majority of the sixth form at Southend High School for Girls is made up of females with only a small percentage of males. Therefore i asked the majority of my questionnaires to the girls but i also asked a couple of boys so that i can incorporate both the preferences of males and females into my magazine.

Question 1

From my results of question 1, i can find out that students expect there to msotly be school and general news in a magazine. With 26% expecting a school magazine to include events and competitions.

Out of the 10 people i asked, no one expected to read general sport news in a school magazine.

Question 2

My results from question 2 will help me to know what to include in my magazine. The majority of the people i asked would prefer to read about school gossip and school music. However, some also answered school sport and some 'other'.

For the option of 'other', people answered 'events and dates' and 'extra curricular activities'.Therefore i will also include these features in my magazine to appeal to a wider audience of students.

Question 3

My results from question 3 show that everyone that i asked would prefer the magazine to be in colour. Therefore, i will design and print my magazine in colour so that is appealing to all my target group of students.

Question 4

I asked this particular question to find out more about the people i was asking the questions too. Therefore i can include features and ideas about these hobbies into my magazine. This will therefore make it more appealing and readable for the students. The majority of the people do hobbies that are based around music.
The option of 'other' gave answers such as 'scouts', 'drama' and 'horse riding'.

Question 5

Qustion 5 asked 'what other interests do you have?'. From this question i got the following answers:

• Computing
• mentoring younger years
• seeing friends
• Guitar
• Music
• Horseriding
• Television
• Singing

These results show that the students are also interested in social activities and therefore i will also include relevant features in the magazine with social aspects.

Question 6A and 6B

This result shows that from the people that i asked, 60% would not pay for the sixth form magazine, therefore only 40% said they would.

In conclusion, in order to attract this target group i would have to make the magazine free or less than £1.50.

My results from question 6B, asking 'if yes to question 6A, how much would they pay?', gave me answers between 5op - £2.00.

Question 7

This shows that the majority of the people of this age that i asked would want the magazine monthly, with a small percentage weekly, and no one choosing the option of annually.

Therefore, i would print and release the magazine monthly to attract my audience as this is what the most popular option with 90%.

Question 8

I asked this particular question to find out who reads the magazine so that i know whether to also make the magazine appealing to younger/older siblings and parents. The majority said that they read the magazine along with their parents with a small percentage of the people i asked saying that their siblings would read the magazine.

Therefore, i would need to make it appealing and aesthetically pleasing for parents and siblings as well as the student.

Question 9

These results show that 90% would want competitions included in the magazine, therefore only a small percentage of 10% saying no.

As the 90% of yes is the largest proportion i will therefore include some competitions into my magazine.

In conclusion, by analysing my results i can see what is most popular from 10 students to appear and feature in and on the magazine. I will use the options with the largest proportion on my magazine as therefore, it will appeal to the widest and largest student audience possible at Southend High School for Girls.