Transcript What do children think about the age limit to driving

What do
children think
about the age
limit to driving?
By Lukas Jenkins
Year 5
Wavendon Gate school
Why I chose my research
question…
 My
research question is: what do children
in years 4 – 6 in my school think about the
age limit to driving?
 I chose it because I was interested in what
children thought and overall if they
thought it should be higher lower or good
how it is.
Research ethics…
I made my research ethical this way:
• I kept the names anonymous and
confidential and didn’t harm any
participants in my research physically or
emotionally.
Data collection
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In my research I used questionnaires.
I decided to use questionnaires because I
thought it wouldn’t take as much time as
interviews so I would get it done in the
time I had.
I used random sampling.
Data analysis
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As for answers to closed questions I tallied
them to get my results, while for those to
open ended questions I coded them and
after that I tallied them.
My research participants
All together 25 people filled in
my questionnaire
Question 3
What do the
children think
the age limit is?
Question 4
Why do children think there
should be an age limit?
Answers
How many people gave this
answer
Children shouldn’t drive
(CC)
5
Accidents (A)
5
Injuries (I)
2
Adult supervision (AS)
1
Children's attitude (CA)
2
Financially too expensive (F)
1
Size of person (SP)
1
Question 5 Part 1
Do the children think the age limit is too high, too low or good
as it is now?
Question 5 Part 2
Why do children think the age limit is too
high, too low or good as it is?
Neither
Too low
Too high
Not many
accidents now (1)
Lack of
responsibility (3)
Cant drive when
younger (1)
Right amount of
maturity (3)
Ability (1)
Responsibility (1)
Happy how it is (1)
Personal opinion
(1)
Parents taking you
to work (1)
Question 6
This question shows if people would like to change the
age limit.
Yes
No
No answer
7
5
13
The graph below shows why.
Yes
No
Ability of young drivers (1) Already safe (1)
Crashes / Injuries (1)
Show responsibility (1)
Question 7
This question shows if children think there should be an
age limit.
Yes
No
No answer
13
1
11
My conclusion
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Most children appeared to think the age limit to
driving should not be lower.
I think my research went quite well but I think it
didn’t go well as much as I wanted it to because I
couldn’t finish it in good time due to delays in data
collection.
It was because I made my questionnaires and
then deleted it and then had to make it again.
If I was doing it again I would use questionnaires
again because you might not have enough time
to interview everyone for your research.
THANK YOU!!!
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Any questions?