Questionnaire

My name is Tristan Wahl; I am currently studying for a degree in Engineering at Anglia Ruskin University. As part of my degree I am writing an essay considering the effects of the mobile phone on society. To complete research in the subject area I have put together a fully anonymous questionnaire. All the questions are optional, if you don’t want to answer a particular question then please do not.

What age range are you?
18 – 24	25 – 30	31 – 40	41 – 50	51 – 60	61 +
Do you own a mobile phone?
Yes	No
What do you primarily use your mobile phone for? (please tick only one)
Social	Family	Work	N/A
What medium do you primarily use your mobile phone for? (please tick a maximum of two)
Call	Text	E-mail	Web	Photo	Video	N/A
Are you aware of health issues surrounding mobile phones?
Yes	No
Does this affect the way you use your mobile phone?
Yes	No	N/A
Do phone masts and the radiation emitted from them give you cause for concern?
Yes	No	N/A
When you write a text message do you use abbreviated ‘txt’ language or proper words?
‘txt’	Proper	N/A
Do you feel that the ‘txt’ language has a positive or negative impact on the language of children in education?
Positive	Negative	Don’t Know
Please add any comments about your thoughts on mobile phones:

Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey, I greatly appreciate all input received.

Research Methodology

Data will be collected from reading a mix of primary sources and secondary sources using books, the internet, leaflets, newspapers and a survey.

The survey will consist of convenience samples of different age groups, and administered in the form of an interview, this is best practice meaning the data collected will be more reliable as the conditions the survey was taken in and the manor in which answered can be controlled (Robson 2007).

For the purposes of this report the survey will consist of thirty samples due to time and resource constraints. Ideally a much larger and representative sample would be used to represent the opinion of the general society. No pilot questionnaire will be undertaken.

The survey will supply objective data which will be used to produce statistics for comparison to current theories. There will be ten questions to cover the basis of the report. The questions will be easy to understand and not leading. Answers to the questions will be multiple choices as this is a quick way to collect objective data.

There will be a short letter of introduction to explain why the survey is being carried out and to explain that the survey and all answers are optional. The survey will be completely anonymous as personal information will not help with the report.