Survey design might be part of the project. Everyone has to start somewhere, and maybe the OP will get a chance to refine the questions based on feedback.
We seem to get this kind of thing regularly but really, most of the tools etc that we need have already been invented. They just need to be made in a big enough range of sizes and weights to suit people with different physical capabilities (strength, hand size, height etc). Don't suppose that's interesting enough for a design project .
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Re questions - some gardens are a mix of grassland, rocky bits, boggy and pond bits and so on. Garden size definitely matters if you want to sell or design trailers.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Call me a old sceptic, (well, Definitely DONT call me OLD) but are these really A level gardening questions, I think its just "someone" who wants to sell, power tools or trollies!
No they’re not ‘A’ level gardening ... they’re about learning to conduct quite basic research to find a need in order to design something to fit the bill ... it doesn’t matter whether it already exists or not. Having studied design at a level or two up from A level I’d say that the surveys we see are about par for the course. It’s not an end in itself, it’s an ongoing learning process and their results will be dissected, analysed and possible improvements discussed. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
This as Dove says is part of an A level course and I would hope that @13SullivanOAy not only looks at the results of the survey but also all of the comments here regarding the questions they have ask.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
I am sure that designing a questionnaire is part of the assessment. Unfortunately in this instance I think the questionnaire aspect will be marked down because of three failings. At the most basic level it was not proof read. One question, though grammatically correct, was obviously not the question intended to be asked.
Secondly, the questions were poorly designed to find out the characteristics of the end user. I would think they had not been piloted on people who garden because, had they been, a question asking how much time is spent in the garden would have been much more finessed. Indeed some of the questions were no more insightful than asking what is the respondent’s favourite colour or if they have pets. Critically, when designing questionnaires, all the while you have to ask yourself ‘Why am I asking this question? What will I do with the information? How will it help me design a better product?’
Thirdly, there was very little information sought on the aspects of trailer design that would be beneficial to an amateur gardener.
I really hope the OP has time to respond to the feedback and, frankly, completely to rewrite the questionnaire. I would give kudos for accessing this forum to get to the target audience but would mark him down heavily on questionnaire design. However if the questionnaire is not part of the marking specification then my comments could be ignored.
These critical observations are sent in good spirit and I wish the OP every success with his/her A levels.
Done. But as Fire and Obelixx said, you would need to ask about size of garden, seasons etc. I couldn't put more than one answer in the terrain question. My garden is terraced on a slope but large areas of grass and flower borders on the flat terraces. There is also a lot of limestone rock just below the surface in places. I have woodland too.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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... it doesn’t matter whether it already exists or not.
Having studied design at a level or two up from A level I’d say that the surveys we see are about par for the course. It’s not an end in itself, it’s an ongoing learning process and their results will be dissected, analysed and possible improvements discussed.
😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Secondly, the questions were poorly designed to find out the characteristics of the end user. I would think they had not been piloted on people who garden because, had they been, a question asking how much time is spent in the garden would have been much more finessed. Indeed some of the questions were no more insightful than asking what is the respondent’s favourite colour or if they have pets. Critically, when designing questionnaires, all the while you have to ask yourself ‘Why am I asking this question? What will I do with the information? How will it help me design a better product?’
Thirdly, there was very little information sought on the aspects of trailer design that would be beneficial to an amateur gardener.
I really hope the OP has time to respond to the feedback and, frankly, completely to rewrite the questionnaire. I would give kudos for accessing this forum to get to the target audience but would mark him down heavily on questionnaire design. However if the questionnaire is not part of the marking specification then my comments could be ignored.
These critical observations are sent in good spirit and I wish the OP every success with his/her A levels.