Primary Research Survey

For my primary research I decided to do the survey I submitted on blackboard. I handed out the survey to various members in my dorm. I didn’t know what to expect when handing this survey out. I thought I’d receive various different answers about the survey and what students knew about Wildcat Service Dogs. I had 37 participants in this survey The survey questions I asked were:

1. Do you have pets at home?
1. Yes
2. No
2. Do you know anything about wildcat service dogs?
1. Yes
2. No
3. If your answer was yes to question 2, please explain what you know.

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4. Would you like to learn more information about the program?
1. Yes
2. No
5. Would you consider joining the Wildcat Service Dog Program?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Don’t have enough information
6. Do you know anybody who is a part of the program?
1. Yes
2. No

For the 1st question I received 29 “yes” answers and 8 “no” answers. I asked this question to see if it would relate to question number 5 in determining if there is any relation in people that have pets wanting to be a service dog trainer or not.  

The second question I received all “Yes” answers form the 37 participants.

The third question I had a lot of similar answers. The three most common answers were; “They are trained by students here at UK”, “They are dogs that help students with disabilities”, and “Anybody can become a trainer”.

The fourth question I was surprised about. Only 19 of the 37 participants wanted to know more about the Wildcat Service Dog program. I think they said “no” because the figured I’d send them emails about it and be that annoying survey guy nobody likes.

The fifth question was what I had expected. I had 31 students say “yes”. I thought that those who had pets would be more likely to want to become a part of the Wildcat Service Dog program. Of the 29 students who had pets, 25 of them would want to join the program.  There were also 6 students who didn’t have pets that also wanted to join the program. I did not have any students say they “did not have enough information”.

The sixth question I only received one “yes” answer. The girl said she knew somebody from her hometown that was a part of the program. I think many of the “no” answers are because many of the students in my dorm are freshmen and don’t know too many upperclassmen here at UK.