Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) 2015: Online Feasibility Study
The Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) has always been administered on paper. This report summarises a feasibility study exploring the transition from paper to online administration. This is being considered for the 2015 wave of SALSUS
6 Important factors for consideration during an online pilot
6.1 This section looks at what the important issues are for conducting a pilot of the online survey. Figure 6.1, summarises the purpose of the pilot.
Figure 6.1 Overall purpose of the online pilot
| Overall purpose of pilot |
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|---|---|
| Pilot the instructions given to both liaison teachers and class teachers |
Ensure that the survey works as it is intended to (e.g. the links work, the data is submitted successfully) |
| Identify problems and potential solutions for these |
Identify any ways in which the survey processes can be improved and the burden for schools can be minimised |
6.2 In particular, the pilot will explore the extent to which problems identified in Section 4 above affected the administration of the survey, ie:
- timetabling issues
- availability of computers
- connectivity issues
- software compatibility/website issues
- accommodating the requirements of pupils with additional support needs
- if it was possible to administer the survey in exam conditions or not.
6.3 The effect on pupils will also be explored, specifically:
- pupils' overall reaction to completing the survey online
- if pupils took the survey seriously
- if pupils appear to be taking time and care over their answers
- if there appears to be much conferring over answers
- if pupils have concerns over confidentiality.
6.4 The pilot is not intended to identify or measure any difference in response between paper and online modes. This would be the purpose of the mode experiment. However, if there were major concerns (e.g. clear evidence of poor quality data), we would reassess.
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