This seems to be a school with a drugs problem yet a genius of a child who
at 6-years-old is filling out a self-completion questionnaire.
How do you know that the response was genuine?
Would children of any age be given such questions to be filled in. What sort
of sampling was this?
Do not parents have to be advised that their children (of whatever age) are
going to be asked such questions? After all, children of under a certain age
have to have an adult with them in the police station when they are being
asked questions.
I used to work in market research and survey analysis, and I think this
raises some worrying questions - in addition to the fact of a young child
possibly taking drugs.
Nick Landau
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From: "Kevin Berwick" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 3:48 PM
Subject: [data-protection] Confidential Survey and drug taking
> Hi all
>
> Have had a question from a colleague, that has me stumped
> We did a self completion Questionnaire within some schools and we had a
> 6 year old return one that mentions taking drugs. Unfortunately we don't
> have the childs name, but we do have school and year. Is there any way
> round passing some information onto the relevant school in regard to
> this problem?
>
> The problem I have is that when the survey was done, it was a
> confidential survey, ie no information would be passed back to the
> relevant schools. I could argue that it is under the school/childs best
> interest to pass this information across and the fact that drug taking
> is a criminal offence.
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Kevin Berwick
> Database Manager
> BMG Research
> 0121 333 6006
>
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