Pilot Study

Screening Questionnares

A group of questionnaires were used as a measurement tool in assessing the employees’ progress during the Pilot Study. The questionnaires were completed at the beginning and at the end of the study. The results of the two tests were measured against one another in order to establish if the test group and control group showed any significant changes in their responses to the questions over the trial period. The results obtained were:

These three factors were considered in classifying the results.

The results must be interpreted with the knowledge that individuals who demonstrated no change were never eliminated from the calculations despite the fact that their data was omitted in the graphs.

The following scale was used to describe the control and test group ratings at the bottom of each graph:

Scale Group Rating
5% or less No change or same
10% Slight change
20% Minor change
30% Further change
40% Significant change
50% Enormous change

The following scale was used to describe the Results Ratings. A comparison was made between the test and control groups. The net result of the control group was deducted from the net result of the test group. This figure was used to determine the Results Rating. The scale is relative (from -100% to +100%). To illustrate the effect, the test group results might increase slightly, the control group results improve significantly yet the net result might indicate slightly worse.

Value in % Comparative Results Rating
-40% Far worse
-30% Worse
-20% Decline
-10% Slight decline
-5% Similar
0% Identical results
5% Similar
10% Slight improvement
20% Improvement
30% Significant improvement
40% Excellent improvement
50% Outstanding improvement
60% Absolute outstanding improvement

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Extracts from pilot study report

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