LCPS explains changes to survey format and analysis, including qualitative coding
The budget survey will keep both quantitative and qualitative questions; staff said shortened directions, opt-out short-answer formatting and qualitative coding (using ThoughtExchange analytics) will improve response quality and allow new quantitative items next year.
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Dr. Jules Barbati, the survey facilitator, explained the two-question types used in the budget survey and how the district will analyze them. "Quantitative questions help represent opinions and the perceived importance of different budget items with amounts, frequencies, values or intensity," Barbati said, and added that qualitative questions let respondents write detailed ideas the committee can use to identify future quantitative questions.
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