questionnaire data analysis

9 people answered my questionnaire as well as this a few people did my blog poll which helped have some input on the decision of my theme.

(This is the original questionnaire )

 

 Firstly I wanted to see if people were interested in a school magazine. I was surprised to find people would be interested in a school magazine as long as it was done with a high quality.

I asked the people how often they would like a school magazine published, this would help me work out what type of name I should use for my magazine and what sort of things i should include in it. Most people wanted a weekly magazines, which made me think that the magazine would have to feature more updates on what is going on in the school and updates on managing student life. Whereas in an annual magazine is may just have updates on the school as a whole and would feature more on large school events rather than weekly updates.

Another factor to look at was price. Many people would pay less for a school magazine in fact the majority (67%) said they would pay somewhere inbetween 0-50p. This is understandable as many students may not have the extra funds to pay for a school magazine. However using my secondary research I realised many magazines that where of lower price often had connotations of being 'cheap looking'. To compensate for this I decided to not have the price of my magazine at the front as having a puff with "50p" written on the front may make the magazine look cheap and unappealing.

I also wanted to decide on a colour palette for my magazine, I saw many magazines that used bright colours however after doing my primary research the results showed that 56% of the people I asked preferred pale colours. I asked them what sort of pale colours separately and most said they prefer colours such as pale blue and white. 

Another big thing I saw when researching magazines was the fact many of them advertised free prizes and competitions on the cover. This can be a device used to attract more readers and it is commonly used when making magazines for younger people. When I asked if the people interviewed would ever buy a magazine because of the competitions the majority said it depended on what kind of competition it was, advertising competitions is suitable for a school environment where there may be lots of fairs and events where competitions are held. Similarly I asked the people interviewed if they ever bought a magazine because of the free prize, 45% said no with a close 33% saying yes. After giving it thought I decided against the idea of a free prize as in a comprehensive school making a magazine that is of a good quality and has a free prize with each copy is not possible as we don't have that sort of high budget. 

picture one (from questionnaire)

picture two (from blog poll)

Picture one is the pie chart from my poll showing the majority of people preferred a back to school theme which would have articles mainly on going back to school and getting used to the school routine, however on my poll the majority of people preferred a christmas themed magazine which was also backed up by the fact that 22% of people on the questionnaire preffering a christmas themed magazine. After taking all of this into consideration I decided to continue with a back to school themed magazine as I believe i would make a better magazine using that as my theme.

 

 Lastly I wanted to know what drew people attention when looking at magazines. Overall a large percentage (89%) said that the main image attracted them more to the magazine whereas the cover lines or text on the front cover. This gave me a clear indication that the magazine cover had to have an image that stands out so it can draw the audiences attention.