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 27:
Do you feel more or less like praying?

Grouping(s)

• Spiritual Development

Answers

	Pie Chart	Positivity	no answer	much less	less	the same	more	much more
Average		35.71%	0.65%	1.94%	0.65%	38.06%	43.23%	16.13%
Sample A		27.17%	0.00%	4.35%	2.17%	41.30%	39.13%	13.04%
Sample B		41.53%	1.67%	0.00%	0.00%	36.67%	45.00%	18.33%
Sample C		36.73%	0.00%	2.04%	0.00%	36.73%	44.90%	16.33%

Consistency

• Answer Consistency Data

Answer Correlation Data

• An insignificant number (1.94%) answered ‘much less’
• An insignificant number (0.65%) answered ‘less’
• Other answers given by the 38.06% who answered ‘the same’
• Other answers given by the 43.23% who answered ‘more’
• Other answers given by the 16.13% who answered ‘much more’

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Coefficients of Determination between this and other Questions

Coefficient of Determination	Question
49.59%			Q28	Do you feel you are more or less religious?
48.99%	Q25	Is the church more or less important to you?
48.68%	Q24	Would you say your faith is more or less strong?
47.60%	Q26	Do you feel more or less close to God?
32.77%	Q23	Do you feel you know more or less about your faith?
22.42%	Q6	Do you consider yourself to be a better or a worse person?
18.63%	Q13	Do you value others more or less?
17.49%	Q18	Do you feel more or less likely to try out new things?
15.76%	Q39	Do you feel differently about the world you live in?
15.66%	Q35	Do you feel you have changed?
15.00%	Q36	Have your priorities in life changed?
13.25%	Q12	Do you respect others more or less?
13.22%	Q37	Have you learnt how to get on with people better?
12.84%	Q34	Have you felt a sense of achievement this week?
11.98%	Q20	Are you more or less concerned about equality in the world?
11.82%	Q19	Do you value people who are different from you more or less?
11.59%	Q14	Would you say your friendships with the friends you had before you came are more or less strong?
11.29%	Q3	Have you made new friends?
11.22%	Q16	Do you value spending time with others more or less?
10.52%	Q33	Do you value yourself more?
10.26%	Q5	Have you a better or worse understanding of how others see you?
9.74%	Q32	Do you feel you have learnt more about yourself?
8.80%	Q31	Do you value listening to others more or less?
8.25%	Q15	Do you think you are more or less likely to give others a chance?
7.61%	Q7	Do you know how to look after yourself better?
7.21%	Q22	Are you more or less likely to take things for granted?
7.15%	Q38	Have you learnt about how to make new friends?
6.87%	Q17	Do you think you understand those around you more or less?
6.57%	Q2	Have you happy memories of the week?
6.55%	Q21	Do you feel more or less concern for the environment?
6.45%	Q40	Have you had fun?