Research Home Explanation

A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of a Residential Experience

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

Consistency of Samples

Question 1: I would like my answers to be included in Peter’s research

Graph from question 01

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
yes	98.73%	2.28	1.51
no	1.27%	2.28	1.51
Positivity Rating	98.73%	2.28	1.51

Question 2: Have you happy memories of the week?

Graph from question 02

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
none	0.00%	0.00	0.00
a few	10.90%	12.56	3.54
a lot	89.10%	12.56	3.54
Positivity Rating	94.55%	3.14	1.77

Question 3: Have you made new friends?

Graph from question 03

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
none	1.92%	2.81	1.68
a few	58.33%	213.73	14.62
a lot	39.74%	171.45	13.09
Positivity Rating	68.91%	33.70	5.80

Question 4: Have you enjoyed new experiences this week?

Graph from question 04

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
none	1.92%	1.87	1.37
a few	19.87%	23.34	4.83
a lot	78.21%	19.45	4.41
Positivity Rating	88.14%	4.82	2.20

Question 5: Have you a better or worse understanding of how others see you?

Graph from question 05

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much worse	0.00%	0.00	0.00
worse	0.00%	0.00	0.00
the same	10.90%	4.14	2.03
better	63.46%	33.13	5.76
much better	25.64%	59.58	7.72
Positivity Rating	57.37%	23.57	4.86

Question 6: Do you consider yourself to be a better or a worse person?

Graph from question 06

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much worse	0.00%	0.00	0.00
worse	1.28%	0.78	0.88
the same	18.59%	21.97	4.69
better	59.62%	48.99	7.00
much better	20.51%	49.00	7.00
Positivity Rating	49.68%	23.65	4.86

Question 7: Do you know how to look after yourself better?

Graph from question 07

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much worse	0.00%	0.00	0.00
worse	1.28%	0.78	0.88
the same	36.54%	94.62	9.73
better	51.28%	48.94	7.00
much better	10.90%	57.10	7.56
Positivity Rating	35.90%	77.30	8.79

Question 8: Are you better or worse at making decisions?

Graph from question 08

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much worse	0.00%	0.00	0.00
worse	1.28%	0.86	0.92
the same	25.00%	45.70	6.76
better	58.97%	80.84	8.99
much better	14.74%	26.41	5.14
Positivity Rating	43.59%	8.07	2.84

Question 9: Are you better or worse at speaking in front of others?

Graph from question 09

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much worse	0.64%	1.06	1.03
worse	3.85%	1.55	1.25
the same	18.59%	23.96	4.90
better	50.00%	10.30	3.21
much better	26.92%	67.86	8.24
Positivity Rating	49.36%	46.22	6.80

Question 10: Are you more or less trusting of others?

Graph from question 10

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much less	0.00%	0.00	0.00
less	3.85%	4.03	2.01
the same	16.67%	82.65	9.09
more	61.54%	2.79	1.67
much more	17.95%	57.82	7.60
Positivity Rating	46.79%	41.62	6.45

Question 11: Are you more or less self-conscious?

Graph from question 11

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much less	8.97%	63.52	7.97
less	40.38%	56.26	7.50
the same	34.62%	82.46	9.08
more	12.82%	41.12	6.41
much more	3.21%	4.94	2.22
Positivity Rating	19.55%	220.60	14.85

Question 12: Do you respect others more or less?

Graph from question 12

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much less	0.00%	0.00	0.00
less	0.64%	0.93	0.96
the same	12.82%	31.87	5.65
more	62.82%	36.03	6.00
much more	23.72%	119.43	10.93
Positivity Rating	54.81%	58.22	7.63

Question 13: Do you value others more or less?

Graph from question 13

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much less	0.00%	0.00	0.00
less	0.64%	0.93	0.96
the same	10.26%	8.55	2.92
more	60.26%	40.45	6.36
much more	28.85%	69.22	8.32
Positivity Rating	58.65%	22.03	4.69

Question 14: Would you say your friendships with the friends you had before you came are more or less strong?

Graph from question 14

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	1.94%	3.19	1.79
less	2.58%	4.27	2.07
the same	17.42%	41.75	6.46
more	46.45%	8.52	2.92
much more	31.61%	83.59	9.14
Positivity Rating	51.95%	61.24	7.83

Question 15: Do you think you are more or less likely to give others a chance?

Graph from question 15

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	0.00%	0.00	0.00
less	3.23%	0.62	0.79
the same	9.03%	14.37	3.79
more	63.23%	23.68	4.87
much more	24.52%	57.50	7.58
Positivity Rating	54.87%	26.03	5.10

Question 16: Do you value spending time with others more or less?

Graph from question 16

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much less	0.00%	0.00	0.00
less	0.00%	0.00	0.00
the same	10.26%	19.58	4.42
more	57.69%	28.28	5.32
much more	32.05%	93.56	9.67
Positivity Rating	60.90%	49.50	7.04

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

Graph from question 17

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much less	0.64%	0.93	0.96
less	0.00%	0.00	0.00
the same	11.54%	14.35	3.79
more	67.31%	20.27	4.50
much more	20.51%	45.40	6.74
Positivity Rating	53.53%	25.01	5.00

Question 18: Do you feel more or less likely to try out new things?

Graph from question 18

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much less	0.00%	0.00	0.00
less	0.64%	1.06	1.03
the same	16.67%	5.60	2.37
more	47.44%	16.46	4.06
much more	35.26%	38.41	6.20
Positivity Rating	58.65%	17.49	4.18

Question 19: Do you value people who are different from you more or less?

Graph from question 19

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much less	0.64%	1.06	1.03
less	1.28%	4.23	2.06
the same	25.00%	68.28	8.26
more	49.36%	6.45	2.54
much more	23.72%	38.69	6.22
Positivity Rating	47.12%	69.21	8.32

Question 20: Are you more or less concerned about equality in the world?

Graph from question 20

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
much less	0.64%	0.61	0.78
less	1.28%	4.23	2.06
the same	30.13%	21.51	4.64
more	46.79%	0.63	0.79
much more	21.15%	25.83	5.08
Positivity Rating	43.27%	29.25	5.41

Question 21: Do you feel more or less concern for the environment?

Graph from question 21

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	1.29%	0.86	0.93
less	0.65%	1.06	1.03
the same	54.84%	51.81	7.20
more	38.71%	3.59	1.90
much more	4.52%	12.70	3.56
Positivity Rating	22.40%	10.03	3.17

Question 22: Are you more or less likely to take things for granted?

Graph from question 22

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	12.90%	16.36	4.05
less	49.68%	83.44	9.13
the same	27.74%	33.10	5.75
more	9.03%	10.09	3.18
much more	0.65%	1.06	1.03
Positivity Rating	32.79%	19.07	4.37

Question 23: Do you feel you know more or less about your faith?

Graph from question 23

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	1.29%	1.00	1.00
less	0.00%	0.00	0.00
the same	11.61%	28.09	5.30
more	58.06%	69.62	8.34
much more	29.03%	38.13	6.17
Positivity Rating	57.14%	35.57	5.96

Question 24: Would you say your faith is more or less strong?

Graph from question 24

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	1.29%	1.00	1.00
less	1.94%	3.19	1.79
the same	16.13%	47.36	6.88
more	50.97%	42.24	6.50
much more	29.68%	5.91	2.43
Positivity Rating	53.25%	56.40	7.51

Question 25: Is the church more or less important to you?

Graph from question 25

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	1.29%	1.00	1.00
less	0.65%	0.63	0.79
the same	39.35%	52.63	7.25
more	46.45%	29.32	5.41
much more	12.26%	6.74	2.60
Positivity Rating	34.09%	33.79	5.81

Question 26: Do you feel more or less close to God?

Graph from question 26

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	1.29%	1.00	1.00
less	0.00%	0.00	0.00
the same	25.16%	34.65	5.89
more	47.74%	211.76	14.55
much more	25.81%	91.17	9.55
Positivity Rating	48.70%	23.60	4.86

Question 27: Do you feel more or less like praying?

Graph from question 27

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	1.94%	3.19	1.79
less	0.65%	1.06	1.03
the same	38.06%	4.74	2.18
more	43.23%	7.57	2.75
much more	16.13%	4.81	2.19
Positivity Rating	35.71%	35.92	5.99

Question 28: Do you feel you are more or less religious?

Graph from question 28

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	1.29%	1.00	1.00
less	1.29%	0.86	0.93
the same	32.26%	24.62	4.96
more	48.39%	11.73	3.43
much more	16.77%	20.45	4.52
Positivity Rating	39.29%	29.16	5.40

Question 29: Do you feel you are more or less embarrassed about your religion?

Graph from question 29

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	16.13%	22.20	4.71
less	36.77%	9.33	3.05
the same	38.71%	10.38	3.22
more	5.16%	4.04	2.01
much more	3.23%	3.98	1.99
Positivity Rating	28.90%	52.95	7.28

Question 30: Do you value working in a team more or less?

Graph from question 30

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	0.00%	0.00	0.00
less	1.29%	0.86	0.93
the same	8.39%	2.04	1.43
more	56.77%	135.41	11.64
much more	33.55%	172.72	13.14
Positivity Rating	61.69%	49.40	7.03

Question 31: Do you value listening to others more or less?

Graph from question 31

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
much less	0.00%	0.00	0.00
less	0.65%	1.06	1.03
the same	13.55%	42.74	6.54
more	60.65%	35.61	5.97
much more	25.16%	147.67	12.15
Positivity Rating	55.52%	77.87	8.82

Question 32: Do you feel you have learnt more about yourself?

Graph from question 32

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
not at all	1.92%	2.81	1.68
a little	41.03%	83.70	9.15
a lot	57.05%	56.08	7.49
Positivity Rating	77.56%	8.52	2.92

Question 33: Do you value yourself more?

Graph from question 33

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
not at all	9.68%	0.45	0.67
a little	59.35%	12.18	3.49
a lot	30.97%	12.08	3.48
Positivity Rating	61.04%	4.88	2.21

Question 34: Have you felt a sense of achievement this week?

Graph from question 34

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
not at all	3.21%	0.61	0.78
a little	28.85%	28.38	5.33
a lot	67.95%	37.33	6.11
Positivity Rating	82.37%	11.88	3.45

Question 35: Do you feel you have changed?

Graph from question 35

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
not at all	6.41%	16.34	4.04
a little	55.77%	106.09	10.30
a lot	37.82%	39.72	6.30
Positivity Rating	65.71%	1.51	1.23

Question 36: Have your priorities in life changed?

Graph from question 36

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
not at all	21.79%	8.28	2.88
a little	53.85%	24.98	5.00
a lot	24.36%	59.82	7.73
Positivity Rating	51.28%	27.81	5.27

Question 37: Have you learnt how to get on with people better?

Graph from question 37

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.65%	0.63	0.79
not at all	3.87%	0.19	0.43
a little	35.48%	11.73	3.42
a lot	60.65%	9.46	3.08
Positivity Rating	78.90%	1.39	1.18

Question 38: Have you learnt about how to make new friends?

Graph from question 38

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
not at all	3.85%	1.33	1.15
a little	41.03%	18.12	4.26
a lot	55.13%	23.71	4.87
Positivity Rating	75.64%	7.99	2.83

Question 39: Do you feel differently about the world you live in?

Graph from question 39

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
not at all	8.97%	3.65	1.91
a little	60.90%	7.54	2.75
a lot	30.13%	21.51	4.64
Positivity Rating	60.58%	10.69	3.27

Question 40: Have you had fun?

Graph from question 40

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
not at all	1.28%	0.78	0.88
a little	6.41%	2.51	1.58
a lot	92.31%	5.33	2.31
Positivity Rating	95.51%	2.43	1.56

Question 41: Did you feel challenged this week?

Graph from question 41

	Average
	Sample A
	Sample B
	Sample C

Option	Average	Variance	St. Deviation
no answer	0.00%	0.00	0.00
not at all	7.69%	0.62	0.78
a little	53.85%	26.13	5.11
a lot	38.46%	31.05	5.57
Positivity Rating	65.38%	9.30	3.05