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responses 2008 ('04) |
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y4 |
y8 |
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| 1. Which bag would be the best to
carry all your school things? Circle your bag choice. |
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Bag: |
1 |
9 (11) |
7 (5) |
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2 |
3 (6) |
2 (2) |
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3 |
5 (1) |
7 (6) |
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4 |
83 (81) |
84 (87) |
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| 2. Write down the reasons why you chose that bag. | |||||||||||||||
carrying capacity |
67 (73) |
80 (76) |
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easy/comfortable to carry/frees hands |
52 (51) |
65 (68) |
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appearance/trendy |
11 (18) |
9 (17) |
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apparent durability/strength of fabric |
3 (2) |
5 (4) |
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| Justification of choice: | strong |
6 (12) |
17 (13) |
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moderate |
53 (48) |
60 (56) |
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weak |
41 (40) |
23 (31) |
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| 3. For the other three bags write down the reasons why each one is not so good for carrying school things. | |||||||||||||||
carrying capacity |
57 (57) |
76 (61) |
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ease to wear/carry (and security) |
77 (78) |
82 (87) |
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appearance |
16 (21) |
18 (23) |
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apparent durability/strength of fabric |
3 (4) |
4 (2) |
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Total score: |
7–10 |
1 (5) |
6 (7) |
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6 |
5 (5) |
15 (11) |
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5 |
17 (22) |
26 (26) |
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3–4 |
54 (50) |
42 (42) |
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0–2 |
22 (19) |
12 (14) |
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| Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] : |
Year 4  |
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| Commentary: |
| Students greatly preferred the type of “backpack” bag that most of them use for school. They were typically able to provide a reasonable justification for their choice, even at year 4. There were negligible gender differences in response. At both year levels, scores were fairly similar to the 2004 scores. |