Evaluation Design Template for Riverside High School 2003-2004 CDC-HSTA Project

 

 

Research Question and Type of Question

(question types: Descriptive, Relational, Causal)

Data Source

(e.g., survey, body measurement, pedometer, focus group; specify pre & post if relevant)

Sampling

Method

(random, convenience, purposive)

Sample

Size

Analysis

(statistical tests/measures--e.g., mean, frequency, correlation, paired t-test—or other method, e.g., inductive analysis)

Are the participants more physically active after having participated in the garden unit?

Causal

 

 

Are participants eating healthier?

Causal

 

 

 

Pre-PostSurvey

Pre-Post Pedometer Step Count

 

Diet survey

Convenience

Convenience

 

 

 

Convenience

75

75

 

 

 

75

Paired t-test

 

 

 

 

Paired t-test