Questions regarding education

For the "how far" answers, perhaps we could do it by the length of time it takes to get there. It's pretty easy for a family to know how long it takes to get to the child's school from home, but the kilometers or blocks may be less useful, especially if their school is far away. Saying 0-10 minute drive, 11-20 minute drive, 21-30 minute drive, 31-40 minute, 41+ minutes maybe be easier for a participant to answer than 0-10 kilometers, 11-20 kilometers, etc. However, I don't know how useful that is as a survey answer. Any thoughts?

I was thinking of using kilometers, because some children might be driven to school, some might walk and some might take transit. So measuring in minutes might be skewed because some people might answer in terms of walking, dirving, or bussing. But it is true that most people would not know the exact distance in kilometers either. SaharAhmed 14:19, 13 February 2012 (PST)

I definitely understand the concern over methods of transportation - that's why I specified 10 minutes driving, etc. It makes a difference, for sure. I still have concerns over usability of kilometers to measure distance, but - if participants can figure it out - then yes, it would probably be most accurate. I definitely prefer kilometeres over blocks.

Although I prefer kilometers, I think driving time(or soemthing similar) would be the better option because I think more people would know and answer the question. SaharAhmed 14:39, 13 February 2012 (PST)

Hey guys, I had an issue with my assignment and have been a bit out of the loop but it looks like you guys have made good progress so far. Have the five survey questions been decided yet? I see some suggestions above but I was thinking maybe we could start a google doc and see which questions would work best/vote or something along those lines. Thoughts?