survey for research project

[John]

Hello,

I am a fifth grader at Willowville Elementary. I started fencing
about a year ago and hope to continue in the sport. My class has been
assigned a research project, and my teacher agreed to let me do a
project related to fencing. But the hard part is getting a survey to
a population of fencers, so I am hoping you can help.

I have a hypothesis about foil and epee fencing. I need several
responses so I can either prove or disprove my hypothesis. Please
reply to the survey if you can.

Epee and Foil Fencing Survey
----------------------------
1) Do you fence with a foil or an epee?

2) I use the weapon indicated in (1) because:
(choose one of the following)
a) I am a beginner
b) I prefer its rules and number of rules
c) of the target area
d) of the weapon itself (size, weight, size of guard, etc.)
e) other (specify):______

3) I agree with the number of rules/restrictions in epee fencing.
a) strongly agree
b) agree
c) disagree
d) strongly disagree

4) I choose to fence with the weapon specified in (1) because:
(choose all that apply)
a) it develops tempo
b) it develops hand-eye coordination
c) it develops dexterity
d) it develops speed
e) it stimulates the cardiovascular system
f) it keeps me mentally alert
g) other (specify):______

5) I believe that foil fencing has too many rules/restrictions.
a) strongly agree
b) agree
c) disagree
d) strongly disagree

6) I believe life in general has too many rules/restrictions.
a) strongly agree
b) agree
c) disagree
d) strongly disagree

7) I prefer foil to epee.
a) strongly agree
b) agree
c) disagree
d) strongly disagree

8) When fencing I follow international rules strictly.
a) strongly agree
b) agree
c) disagree
d) strongly disagree

9) In general, what is your opinion of rules?

Thanks for you help.
-John Hart.

[William Marshal]

John,

You might get a bigger response by posting your survey to the
discussion fora at http://www.fencing101.com/vb/. Things seem a bit
thin here lately...

[Adelson Anton]

Since I don't go to the forum mentioned above, I'll reply here.

> 1) Do you fence with a foil or an epee?
Epee

> 2) I use the weapon indicated in (1) because:
> (choose one of the following)
e) other (specify): b and c

> 3) I agree with the number of rules/restrictions in epee fencing.
b) agree

> 4) I choose to fence with the weapon specified in (1) because:
> (choose all that apply)
g) other (specify): b and c

> 5) I believe that foil fencing has too many rules/restrictions.
a) strongly agree

> 6) I believe life in general has too many rules/restrictions.
b) agree

> 7) I prefer foil to epee.
d) strongly disagree

> 8) When fencing I follow international rules strictly.
c) disagree

> 9) In general, what is your opinion of rules?
Important on competitions; it's not good to be analy retetive about it
during practice.