A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of a Residential Experience
Research carried out at Castlerigg Manor in the summer term of 2008
Other answers given by the 14.74% who answered ‘much better’ to question 8:
Are you better or worse at making decisions?
Range of Responses
| none | much worse | much less | not at all | ||||
| a few | worse | less | a little | ||||
| a lot | the same | the same | a lot | ||||
| better | more | ||||||
| much better | much more |
Graph of ‘Positivity’
| This 14.74% | |
| All Questioned |
Graph of Difference in Positivity Compared to All Questioned
Other answers given by the 14.74% who answered ‘much better’ to question 8:
Are you better or worse at making decisions?
In Table Form
| Question | Positivity | Options | ||||||
| none | a few | a lot | ||||||
| Q2 | Have you happy memories of the week? | 97.83% | 0.00% | 4.35% | 95.65% | |||
| Q3 | Have you made new friends? | 84.78% | 0.00% | 30.43% | 69.57% | |||
| Q4 | Have you enjoyed new experiences this week? | 93.48% | 4.35% | 4.35% | 91.30% | |||
| Question | Positivity | Options | ||||||||||
| much worse | worse | the same | better | much better | ||||||||
| Q5 | Have you a better or worse understanding of how others see you? | 71.74% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 8.70% | 39.13% | 52.17% | |||||
| Q6 | Do you consider yourself to be a better or a worse person? | 63.04% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 8.70% | 56.52% | 34.78% | |||||
| Q7 | Do you know how to look after yourself better? | 60.87% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 4.35% | 69.57% | 26.09% | |||||
| Q9 | Are you better or worse at speaking in front of others? | 67.39% | 0.00% | 4.35% | 8.70% | 34.78% | 52.17% | |||||
| Question | Positivity | Options | ||||||||||
| much less | less | the same | more | much more | ||||||||
| Q10 | Are you more or less trusting of others? | 67.39% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 13.04% | 39.13% | 47.83% | |||||
| Q11 | Are you more or less self-conscious? | 34.78% | 17.39% | 47.83% | 26.09% | 4.35% | 4.35% | |||||
| Q12 | Do you respect others more or less? | 82.61% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 34.78% | 65.22% | |||||
| Q13 | Do you value others more or less? | 82.61% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 34.78% | 65.22% | |||||
| Q14 | Would you say your friendships with the friends you had before you came are more or less strong? | 75.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 9.09% | 31.82% | 59.09% | |||||
| Q15 | Do you think you are more or less likely to give others a chance? | 69.57% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 8.70% | 43.48% | 47.83% | |||||
| Q16 | Do you value spending time with others more or less? | 76.09% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 13.04% | 21.74% | 65.22% | |||||
| Q17 | Do you think you understand those around you more or less? | 63.04% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 8.70% | 56.52% | 34.78% | |||||
| Q18 | Do you feel more or less likely to try out new things? | 73.91% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 8.70% | 34.78% | 56.52% | |||||
| Q19 | Do you value people who are different from you more or less? | 69.57% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 8.70% | 43.48% | 47.83% | |||||
| Q20 | Are you more or less concerned about equality in the world? | 52.17% | 4.35% | 0.00% | 13.04% | 52.17% | 30.43% | |||||
| Q21 | Do you feel more or less concern for the environment? | 28.26% | 4.35% | 0.00% | 39.13% | 47.83% | 8.70% | |||||
| Q22 | Are you more or less likely to take things for granted? | 45.65% | 21.74% | 52.17% | 21.74% | 4.35% | 0.00% | |||||
| Q23 | Do you feel you know more or less about your faith? | 76.09% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 8.70% | 30.43% | 60.87% | |||||
| Q24 | Would you say your faith is more or less strong? | 71.74% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 17.39% | 21.74% | 60.87% | |||||
| Q25 | Is the church more or less important to you? | 58.70% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 17.39% | 47.83% | 34.78% | |||||
| Q26 | Do you feel more or less close to God? | 63.04% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 17.39% | 39.13% | 43.48% | |||||
| Q27 | Do you feel more or less like praying? | 52.17% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 26.09% | 43.48% | 30.43% | |||||
| Q28 | Do you feel you are more or less religious? | 52.17% | 0.00% | 4.35% | 17.39% | 47.83% | 30.43% | |||||
| Q29 | Do you feel you are more or less embarrassed about your religion? | 30.43% | 17.39% | 47.83% | 21.74% | 4.35% | 8.70% | |||||
| Q30 | Do you value working in a team more or less? | 76.09% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 4.35% | 39.13% | 56.52% | |||||
| Q31 | Do you value listening to others more or less? | 71.74% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 8.70% | 39.13% | 52.17% | |||||
| Question | Positivity | Options | ||||||
| not at all | a little | a lot | ||||||
| Q32 | Do you feel you have learnt more about yourself? | 86.96% | 0.00% | 26.09% | 73.91% | |||
| Q33 | Do you value yourself more? | 73.91% | 0.00% | 52.17% | 47.83% | |||
| Q34 | Have you felt a sense of achievement this week? | 84.78% | 4.35% | 21.74% | 73.91% | |||
| Q35 | Do you feel you have changed? | 76.09% | 0.00% | 47.83% | 52.17% | |||
| Q36 | Have your priorities in life changed? | 63.04% | 13.04% | 47.83% | 39.13% | |||
| Q37 | Have you learnt how to get on with people better? | 95.65% | 0.00% | 8.70% | 91.30% | |||
| Q38 | Have you learnt about how to make new friends? | 80.43% | 4.35% | 30.43% | 65.22% | |||
| Q39 | Do you feel differently about the world you live in? | 71.74% | 13.04% | 30.43% | 56.52% | |||
| Q40 | Have you had fun? | 95.65% | 4.35% | 0.00% | 95.65% | |||
| Q41 | Did you feel challenged this week? | 71.74% | 4.35% | 47.83% | 47.83% | |||
Questions in order of magnitude of difference in positivity
by the 14.74% who answered ‘much better’ to question 8:
Are you better or worse at making decisions?
| Question | Positivity | |||
| This 14.74% | All Questioned | Difference | ||
| Q12 | Do you respect others more or less? | 82.61% | 54.81% | 27.80% |
| Q7 | Do you know how to look after yourself better? | 60.87% | 35.90% | 24.97% |
| Q25 | Is the church more or less important to you? | 58.70% | 34.09% | 24.60% |
| Q13 | Do you value others more or less? | 82.61% | 58.65% | 23.95% |
| Q14 | Would you say your friendships with the friends you had before you came are more or less strong? | 75.00% | 51.95% | 23.05% |
| Q19 | Do you value people who are different from you more or less? | 69.57% | 47.12% | 22.45% |
| Q10 | Are you more or less trusting of others? | 67.39% | 46.79% | 20.60% |
| Q23 | Do you feel you know more or less about your faith? | 76.09% | 57.14% | 18.94% |
| Q24 | Would you say your faith is more or less strong? | 71.74% | 53.25% | 18.49% |
| Q9 | Are you better or worse at speaking in front of others? | 67.39% | 49.36% | 18.03% |
| Q37 | Have you learnt how to get on with people better? | 95.65% | 78.90% | 16.76% |
| Q27 | Do you feel more or less like praying? | 52.17% | 35.71% | 16.46% |
| Q31 | Do you value listening to others more or less? | 71.74% | 55.52% | 16.22% |
| Q3 | Have you made new friends? | 84.78% | 68.91% | 15.87% |
| Q18 | Do you feel more or less likely to try out new things? | 73.91% | 58.65% | 15.26% |
| Q11 | Are you more or less self-conscious? | 34.78% | 19.55% | 15.23% |
| Q16 | Do you value spending time with others more or less? | 76.09% | 60.90% | 15.19% |
| Q15 | Do you think you are more or less likely to give others a chance? | 69.57% | 54.87% | 14.70% |
| Q30 | Do you value working in a team more or less? | 76.09% | 61.69% | 14.40% |
| Q5 | Have you a better or worse understanding of how others see you? | 71.74% | 57.37% | 14.37% |
| Q26 | Do you feel more or less close to God? | 63.04% | 48.70% | 14.34% |
| Q6 | Do you consider yourself to be a better or a worse person? | 63.04% | 49.68% | 13.36% |
| Q28 | Do you feel you are more or less religious? | 52.17% | 39.29% | 12.89% |
| Q33 | Do you value yourself more? | 73.91% | 61.04% | 12.87% |
| Q22 | Are you more or less likely to take things for granted? | 45.65% | 32.79% | 12.86% |
| Q36 | Have your priorities in life changed? | 63.04% | 51.28% | 11.76% |
| Q39 | Do you feel differently about the world you live in? | 71.74% | 60.58% | 11.16% |
| Q35 | Do you feel you have changed? | 76.09% | 65.71% | 10.38% |
| Q17 | Do you think you understand those around you more or less? | 63.04% | 53.53% | 9.52% |
| Q32 | Do you feel you have learnt more about yourself? | 86.96% | 77.56% | 9.39% |
| Q20 | Are you more or less concerned about equality in the world? | 52.17% | 43.27% | 8.90% |
| Q41 | Did you feel challenged this week? | 71.74% | 65.38% | 6.35% |
| Q21 | Do you feel more or less concern for the environment? | 28.26% | 22.40% | 5.86% |
| Q4 | Have you enjoyed new experiences this week? | 93.48% | 88.14% | 5.34% |
| Q38 | Have you learnt about how to make new friends? | 80.43% | 75.64% | 4.79% |
| Q2 | Have you happy memories of the week? | 97.83% | 94.55% | 3.27% |
| Q34 | Have you felt a sense of achievement this week? | 84.78% | 82.37% | 2.41% |
| Q29 | Do you feel you are more or less embarrassed about your religion? | 30.43% | 28.90% | 1.54% |
| Q40 | Have you had fun? | 95.65% | 95.51% | 0.14% |