A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of a Residential Experience

Research carried out at Castlerigg Manor in the summer term of 2008

Data relating to Question 17:
Do you think you understand those around you more or less?

Grouping(s)

• Social Development

Answers

	Pie Chart	Positivity	no answer	much less	less	the same	more	much more
Average		53.53%	0.00%	0.64%	0.00%	11.54%	67.31%	20.51%
Sample A		60.87%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	8.70%	60.87%	30.43%
Sample B		49.18%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	16.39%	68.85%	14.75%
Sample C		52.04%	0.00%	2.04%	0.00%	8.16%	71.43%	18.37%

Consistency

• Answer Consistency Data

Answer Correlation Data

• An insignificant number (0.64%) answered ‘much less’
• An insignificant number (0.00%) answered ‘less’
• Other answers given by the 11.54% who answered ‘the same’
• Other answers given by the 67.31% who answered ‘more’
• Other answers given by the 20.51% who answered ‘much more’

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Coefficients of Determination between this and other Questions

Coefficient of Determination	Question
31.18%			Q13	Do you value others more or less?
23.84%	Q15	Do you think you are more or less likely to give others a chance?
20.93%	Q12	Do you respect others more or less?
17.30%	Q40	Have you had fun?
16.33%	Q16	Do you value spending time with others more or less?
15.37%	Q38	Have you learnt about how to make new friends?
14.79%	Q20	Are you more or less concerned about equality in the world?
14.79%	Q37	Have you learnt how to get on with people better?
14.30%	Q23	Do you feel you know more or less about your faith?
13.30%	Q5	Have you a better or worse understanding of how others see you?
13.27%	Q26	Do you feel more or less close to God?
12.93%	Q14	Would you say your friendships with the friends you had before you came are more or less strong?
12.39%	Q32	Do you feel you have learnt more about yourself?
11.88%	Q24	Would you say your faith is more or less strong?
10.37%	Q19	Do you value people who are different from you more or less?
10.10%	Q3	Have you made new friends?
9.80%	Q31	Do you value listening to others more or less?
9.59%	Q2	Have you happy memories of the week?
9.29%	Q25	Is the church more or less important to you?
8.84%	Q39	Do you feel differently about the world you live in?
8.49%	Q21	Do you feel more or less concern for the environment?
8.34%	Q34	Have you felt a sense of achievement this week?
8.33%	Q28	Do you feel you are more or less religious?
8.13%	Q6	Do you consider yourself to be a better or a worse person?
7.00%	Q18	Do you feel more or less likely to try out new things?
6.87%	Q27	Do you feel more or less like praying?
6.78%	Q35	Do you feel you have changed?
6.40%	Q7	Do you know how to look after yourself better?
6.20%	Q10	Are you more or less trusting of others?
5.29%	Q8	Are you better or worse at making decisions?
5.17%	Q36	Have your priorities in life changed?