Hi there fellow officials...
My name is Kristal and I am a 18 yrs old basketball official from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. I am currently taking a data management class in my last year of high school which means that I must create a survey, then present my findings to the class as an exam. This is worth 30% of my final mark.
With that said, I have decided to focus my project on 'Abuse Towards Officials'.
Unfortunately, I do live in a smaller town. This means that even if I do question every member of our local board...I will only finish with about 30 officials who have completed my survey - Needless to say, it is hard to make a my point with such a small number of responses.
This is were I need help:
If anybody would be willing to take 10 minutes out of their time to fill out this survey for me....it would be VERY much appreciated. Ideally, I would like to get another 20 + people so that I may make a justified conclusion.
The survey will be included in this message, if you could please send the completed survey to my email, with the subject 'Referee Survey', it would be appreciated.
Also, if you have any comments or personal experiences you would like to add, in addition to the survey...feel free to do so.
My email is:
[email protected]
All your answers will be completely confidential. Your name will not be included.
Thank you so much in advance!
Kristal
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Survey
Abuse Towards Officials
Circle the answer that applies to you.
1. Age:
2. Sex:
3. Location:
4. How long have you been officiating basketball?
A. 1-3 yrs B. 4 - 5 yrs
C. 6-9 yrs D.10 + yrs
5. Which level(s) have you officiated? (write all that apply)
6. Have you ever officiated a sport, other than basketball?
7. If you answered YES to #6, which sport(s)?
8. Do you enjoy officiating sports? Y/N
9. In your opinion, do you believe that there is a problem regarding disrespect or abuse towards officials? Y/N
10. How do you define 'abuse' as a sport official?
11. Have you ever felt threatened, as an official, before, during or after officiating a game? Y/N
12. Have you ever been verbally abused before, during, or after officiating? Y/N
13. Have you ever been physically abused before, during or after officiating? Y/N
14. Do you feel that there are adequate safety measures in place protecting you as an official? Y/N
15. Do you believe that the rules & regulations stated in the NFHS rulebook offer appropriate measure to deal with abuse towards you, as an official? Y/N
16. Have you ever considered quitting sports officiating?
Y/N
17. If you answered YES to question # 13, Why?
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