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 58.06% who answered ‘more’ to question 23:
Do you feel you know more or less about your faith?
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 58.06% | |
| All Questioned |
Graph of Difference in Positivity Compared to All Questioned
Other answers given by the 58.06% who answered ‘more’ to question 23:
Do you feel you know more or less about your faith?
In Table Form
| Question | Positivity | Options | ||||||
| none | a few | a lot | ||||||
| Q2 | Have you happy memories of the week? | 97.22% | 0.00% | 5.56% | 94.44% | |||
| Q3 | Have you made new friends? | 67.22% | 0.00% | 65.56% | 34.44% | |||
| Q4 | Have you enjoyed new experiences this week? | 90.00% | 1.11% | 17.78% | 81.11% | |||
| Question | Positivity | Options | ||||||||||
| much worse | worse | the same | better | much better | ||||||||
| Q5 | Have you a better or worse understanding of how others see you? | 56.67% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 6.67% | 73.33% | 20.00% | |||||
| Q6 | Do you consider yourself to be a better or a worse person? | 48.89% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 17.78% | 66.67% | 15.56% | |||||
| Q7 | Do you know how to look after yourself better? | 36.11% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 36.67% | 54.44% | 8.89% | |||||
| Q8 | Are you better or worse at making decisions? | 42.78% | 0.00% | 1.11% | 20.00% | 71.11% | 7.78% | |||||
| Q9 | Are you better or worse at speaking in front of others? | 47.78% | 1.11% | 3.33% | 20.00% | 50.00% | 25.56% | |||||
| Question | Positivity | Options | ||||||||||
| much less | less | the same | more | much more | ||||||||
| Q10 | Are you more or less trusting of others? | 46.67% | 0.00% | 2.22% | 16.67% | 66.67% | 14.44% | |||||
| Q11 | Are you more or less self-conscious? | 15.56% | 8.89% | 36.67% | 34.44% | 16.67% | 3.33% | |||||
| Q12 | Do you respect others more or less? | 52.78% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 14.44% | 65.56% | 20.00% | |||||
| Q13 | Do you value others more or less? | 55.56% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 10.00% | 68.89% | 21.11% | |||||
| Q14 | Would you say your friendships with the friends you had before you came are more or less strong? | 50.56% | 1.11% | 3.33% | 11.11% | 62.22% | 22.22% | |||||
| Q15 | Do you think you are more or less likely to give others a chance? | 53.89% | 0.00% | 1.11% | 8.89% | 71.11% | 18.89% | |||||
| Q16 | Do you value spending time with others more or less? | 57.22% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 8.89% | 67.78% | 23.33% | |||||
| Q17 | Do you think you understand those around you more or less? | 54.44% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 8.89% | 73.33% | 17.78% | |||||
| Q18 | Do you feel more or less likely to try out new things? | 57.78% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 15.56% | 53.33% | 31.11% | |||||
| Q19 | Do you value people who are different from you more or less? | 45.00% | 1.11% | 0.00% | 26.67% | 52.22% | 20.00% | |||||
| Q20 | Are you more or less concerned about equality in the world? | 43.89% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 32.22% | 47.78% | 20.00% | |||||
| Q21 | Do you feel more or less concern for the environment? | 25.56% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 52.22% | 44.44% | 3.33% | |||||
| Q22 | Are you more or less likely to take things for granted? | 25.00% | 6.67% | 51.11% | 28.89% | 12.22% | 1.11% | |||||
| Q24 | Would you say your faith is more or less strong? | 49.44% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 14.44% | 72.22% | 13.33% | |||||
| Q25 | Is the church more or less important to you? | 27.22% | 0.00% | 1.11% | 46.67% | 48.89% | 3.33% | |||||
| Q26 | Do you feel more or less close to God? | 41.67% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 26.67% | 63.33% | 10.00% | |||||
| Q27 | Do you feel more or less like praying? | 30.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 44.44% | 51.11% | 4.44% | |||||
| Q28 | Do you feel you are more or less religious? | 34.44% | 0.00% | 1.11% | 34.44% | 58.89% | 5.56% | |||||
| Q29 | Do you feel you are more or less embarrassed about your religion? | 25.00% | 7.78% | 45.56% | 37.78% | 6.67% | 2.22% | |||||
| Q30 | Do you value working in a team more or less? | 63.89% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 6.67% | 58.89% | 34.44% | |||||
| Q31 | Do you value listening to others more or less? | 56.11% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 13.33% | 61.11% | 25.56% | |||||
| Question | Positivity | Options | ||||||
| not at all | a little | a lot | ||||||
| Q32 | Do you feel you have learnt more about yourself? | 78.33% | 0.00% | 43.33% | 56.67% | |||
| Q33 | Do you value yourself more? | 58.99% | 6.74% | 68.54% | 24.72% | |||
| Q34 | Have you felt a sense of achievement this week? | 84.44% | 0.00% | 31.11% | 68.89% | |||
| Q35 | Do you feel you have changed? | 63.89% | 5.56% | 61.11% | 33.33% | |||
| Q36 | Have your priorities in life changed? | 50.00% | 17.78% | 64.44% | 17.78% | |||
| Q37 | Have you learnt how to get on with people better? | 77.78% | 2.22% | 40.00% | 57.78% | |||
| Q38 | Have you learnt about how to make new friends? | 77.22% | 2.22% | 41.11% | 56.67% | |||
| Q39 | Do you feel differently about the world you live in? | 60.00% | 5.56% | 68.89% | 25.56% | |||
| Q40 | Have you had fun? | 98.33% | 0.00% | 3.33% | 96.67% | |||
| Q41 | Did you feel challenged this week? | 68.33% | 4.44% | 54.44% | 41.11% | |||
Questions in order of magnitude of difference in positivity
by the 58.06% who answered ‘more’ to question 23:
Do you feel you know more or less about your faith?
| Question | Positivity | |||
| This 58.06% | All Questioned | Difference | ||
| Q22 | Are you more or less likely to take things for granted? | 25.00% | 32.79% | -7.79% |
| Q26 | Do you feel more or less close to God? | 41.67% | 48.70% | -7.03% |
| Q25 | Is the church more or less important to you? | 27.22% | 34.09% | -6.87% |
| Q27 | Do you feel more or less like praying? | 30.00% | 35.71% | -5.71% |
| Q28 | Do you feel you are more or less religious? | 34.44% | 39.29% | -4.84% |
| Q11 | Are you more or less self-conscious? | 15.56% | 19.55% | -4.00% |
| Q29 | Do you feel you are more or less embarrassed about your religion? | 25.00% | 28.90% | -3.90% |
| Q24 | Would you say your faith is more or less strong? | 49.44% | 53.25% | -3.80% |
| Q16 | Do you value spending time with others more or less? | 57.22% | 60.90% | -3.68% |
| Q21 | Do you feel more or less concern for the environment? | 25.56% | 22.40% | 3.15% |
| Q13 | Do you value others more or less? | 55.56% | 58.65% | -3.10% |
| Q41 | Did you feel challenged this week? | 68.33% | 65.38% | 2.95% |
| Q40 | Have you had fun? | 98.33% | 95.51% | 2.82% |
| Q2 | Have you happy memories of the week? | 97.22% | 94.55% | 2.67% |
| Q30 | Do you value working in a team more or less? | 63.89% | 61.69% | 2.20% |
| Q19 | Do you value people who are different from you more or less? | 45.00% | 47.12% | -2.12% |
| Q34 | Have you felt a sense of achievement this week? | 84.44% | 82.37% | 2.07% |
| Q33 | Do you value yourself more? | 58.99% | 61.04% | -2.05% |
| Q12 | Do you respect others more or less? | 52.78% | 54.81% | -2.03% |
| Q4 | Have you enjoyed new experiences this week? | 90.00% | 88.14% | 1.86% |
| Q35 | Do you feel you have changed? | 63.89% | 65.71% | -1.82% |
| Q3 | Have you made new friends? | 67.22% | 68.91% | -1.69% |
| Q9 | Are you better or worse at speaking in front of others? | 47.78% | 49.36% | -1.58% |
| Q38 | Have you learnt about how to make new friends? | 77.22% | 75.64% | 1.58% |
| Q14 | Would you say your friendships with the friends you had before you came are more or less strong? | 50.56% | 51.95% | -1.39% |
| Q36 | Have your priorities in life changed? | 50.00% | 51.28% | -1.28% |
| Q37 | Have you learnt how to get on with people better? | 77.78% | 78.90% | -1.12% |
| Q15 | Do you think you are more or less likely to give others a chance? | 53.89% | 54.87% | -0.98% |
| Q17 | Do you think you understand those around you more or less? | 54.44% | 53.53% | 0.92% |
| Q18 | Do you feel more or less likely to try out new things? | 57.78% | 58.65% | -0.88% |
| Q8 | Are you better or worse at making decisions? | 42.78% | 43.59% | -0.81% |
| Q6 | Do you consider yourself to be a better or a worse person? | 48.89% | 49.68% | -0.79% |
| Q32 | Do you feel you have learnt more about yourself? | 78.33% | 77.56% | 0.77% |
| Q5 | Have you a better or worse understanding of how others see you? | 56.67% | 57.37% | -0.71% |
| Q20 | Are you more or less concerned about equality in the world? | 43.89% | 43.27% | 0.62% |
| Q31 | Do you value listening to others more or less? | 56.11% | 55.52% | 0.59% |
| Q39 | Do you feel differently about the world you live in? | 60.00% | 60.58% | -0.58% |
| Q7 | Do you know how to look after yourself better? | 36.11% | 35.90% | 0.21% |
| Q10 | Are you more or less trusting of others? | 46.67% | 46.79% | -0.13% |