Let’s go to the night market – Questionnaire of night markets

   By Pei- Yu Chen, Ting- Yu Chou

1. Research motivation
Because we all go to the night markets very often and enjoy going there very much. With all the games and snack food in night markets, everyone has a great time there. As a result, we want to know how everybody think of the night markets.

2. Research purpose

A. Knowing the fourth-grade students of Rixin Primary School like of dislike to go to night markets.
B. Knowing the habits of going to night markets of fourth-grade students of Rixin Primary School.
C. Knowing what they do in night markets for fourth-grade students of Rixin Primary School.
D. Knowing the points of view towards night markets for fourth-grade students of Rixin Primary School.
E. Knowing the consuming situation in night markets for fourth-grade students of Rixin Primary School.

3. Survey method: Statistical analysis survey

4. Survey target and time:

Forth-grade students of class 1 and class 6 of Rixin Primary School.
Number of surveys collected: 53
Number of surveys uncollected: 0

5. Survey result and analysis:

Analysis: Over 90% surveyed students love to go to night markets. 96% of students in class 6 love to go to night markets.
　

Analysis: Over 70% of them go to NingXia night market most frequently. 73% of students in class 1 go to NingXia night market most frequently. 20% of them often go to XiLin night market, especially 28% in class 6. 15% of students in class 1 go to SanChong night market.
　

Analysis: 24% of the students go to night markets twice a month, while 25% of students in class 1 are in this category. 25% of the students in class 1 go to night markets twice a week.

Analysis: Over 50% of students go to night markets for snack food. 58% of students in class 1 go there for snack food.

Analysis: Over 30% students go to night markets for games too.
　

Analysis: Over 20% of students go to night market eating oyster pancakes. The second favorite is tempura, then Lu Rou Fan and Tako Yaki.

Analysis: Over 70% of students don’t think the night market chaotic and dirty. 77% of students in class 1 are in this category. 20% of the students think the opposite.

Analysis: Over 30% of students think the most impressive thing in night markets is the deliciousness of food. 41% of students in class 1 are in this category.

Analysis: Most people think the most reasonable price of food in night market is from 30 to 50 NT dollars. This takes 58% of students. The second highest percentage is from 60 to 100 NT dollars, about 25%.

Analysis: Over 50% of the students never have the experience of having improper things in their food bought from night markets. 57% of the students in class 6 are in this category. This means that the food sold in NingXia night market is of certain quality.

　

6. Conclusion:

A. 90 % of the students at Rixin Primary School love to go to night markets, for there are many activities to do.

B. Over 70% of the students at Rixin Primary School often go to NingXia night market because of the distance and transportation. The second choice is XiLin night market, then Taipei Raohe Street night market and Shida night market.

C. 24% of the students at Rixin Primary School go to night markets twice a month. Second highest percentage is twice a week.

D. Over 50% of the students at Rixin Primary School go to night markets for snack food. Over 20% of students go to night markets eating oyster pancakes. The second favorite is tempura, then Lu Rou Fan and Tako Yaki. Some students love to go there for games.

E. Over 70% of the students at Rixin Primary School don’t think the night market chaotic and dirty, while 20% of students think so. We think it’s because there are big trash cans at the entrance of NingXia night market, and nobody is littering there.

F. Over 50% of the students at Rixin Primary School think the most reasonable price of food in night market is from 30 to 50 NT dollars. It’s maybe because people go to the night market for the purpose of looking for cheap food.

7. Feedback and review

A. Before survey
We had trouble thinking and deciding questions on the questionnaire. Later teacher suggested us to surf the net for related information of night markets and reference other people’s questionnaire. After we have some idea of what the questionnaire is like, we started to list our questions. After that, we find a classmate to do the questionnaire for testing.

B. Under survey
We make appointments with teachers of these two classes and arrange time for helping us filling out the questionnaires. We also prepare gifts for students and cards for teachers. After that, we also need to check each questionnaire after they fill them out to see if there is any mistake or missing.

C. After survey
We us Excel to analyze and compile statistics. During the process, we learn to use formula for calculation and turn the numbers into percentage. Although there are many difficulties, we try to overcome them bravely.

8. References

http://librarywork.taiwanschoolnet.org/cyberfair2008/nk96/web/question.htm