Ending the need for food banks - draft plan: consultation analysis

Technical appendix

Method

1. The data was collected by online survey designed and scripted by the Scottish Government and hosted on Citizen Space.

2. The consultation survey was open to all.

3. 406 valid responses were received via the online consultation.

4. The consultation was live from 20 October 2021 until 25 January 2022.

5. Respondents to internet self-completion surveys and consultations are self-selecting and complete the survey without the assistance of a trained interviewer. This means that the consultation is not representative of any particular group.

6. 10 lived experience workshops were administered and moderated by Scottish Government.

7. Workshop participants included people with lived experience, staff from service providers, local authority staff and others. A total of 35 participants.

8. All research projects undertaken by Progressive comply fully with the requirements of ISO 20252, the GDPR and the MRS Code of Conduct.

Data processing and analysis

9. Raw data was imported into Progressive's SNAP analysis software package. Data that could not be automatically input was entered manually. Responses were checked for completeness and sense, and for campaign responses.

• There was one campaign response: accounting for 77 respondents

10. A computer edit of the data carried out prior to analysis involves both range and inter-field checks. Any further inconsistencies identified at this stage are investigated by reference back to the raw data on the questionnaire.

11. Responses to open-ended questions were spell and sense checked.

12. An analytical framework was support the coding of responses and reviewed by the executive team. Responses were coded by Progressives experienced team of coders. Very large responses were analysed separately.

13. An auditable dataset of the complete dataset was produced. This includes record cases excluded from the final dataset, and the reason for exclusion (5 duplicate records were excluded from the final file).