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5.7 Quantitative data collection from school sources
Twelve sets of data were taken from attendance registers, logbooks of incidences,
records of occasions when there was need for restraint, and from other on-line
sources at school. The researcher collected the data at half-termly intervals over the
two-year period as illustrated in table 5.7.
Table 5.7 Times of data collection from school sources
Data 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
collection
Year 2009 2010 2011
Half-term
7Sept
2 Nov
4 Jan
22Feb
20 Apr
7 June
6Sept
1 Nov
5 Jan
28Feb
27Apr
6June
block
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
23Oct
18Dec
12Feb
1Apr
28May
23July
22Oct
17Dec
18Feb
8 Apr
27May
22July
In all cases of challenging behaviour and exclusion, the incidents were recorded by
type. Categories included inappropriate behaviour, disruptive behaviour, damage to
property, assault on pupil, non-compliance, fighting, verbal abuse, theft, dangerous
behaviour, bullying and assault on staff. In CVC records, linked documents were
manually searched to find letters to parents to confirm reasons for exclusion. Records
of attendance including absence, both authorised and not, were made and other notes
made by staff on the school Capita SIMS system 35 were collated. All emails sent to
staff concerning students in the project were printed off and kept in the respective
student’s file.
5.8 Statistical analysis
Following the guidelines on using the Beck Youth Inventories, the raw scores for
each inventory were calculated with one score for each item. The raw scores were
then converted into standardised T scores 36 , created for each inventory from means
and standard deviations specific to the group for young people aged 11 -14 and
separated by gender (Beck et al., 2005, p.65). T scores ‘provide a common metric that
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