Project Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Education in Zoos
by Sarah Louise Spooner

This data repository contains all data concerned with the project Evaluating the Effectiveness of Education in Zoos. Grant no. ES/J500215/1. 
Data was collected at Flamingo Land Resort, Malton, Noth Yorkshire. The site is a combined theme park and zoo. 
The files can be categorised into four types:

Questionnaires - Contain the blank questionnaires of sub projects.
questionnaire_animal_information_signs.docx
questionnaire_bird_show.docx
questionnaire_general_visitor.docx
questionnaire_sealion_show.docx
questionnaire_theatre_adult.docx
questionnaire_theatre_child.docx

Coding Tables - Contain the coding tables used to translate questionnaire answers given by participants to response codes.
coding_table_theatre.docx
coding_table_live_animal_shows.docx
coding_table_animal_information_signs.docx

Survey Responses/Data - Contain the coded answers to the questionnaires sorted by participant. The detailed column definitions are extensive and therefore explained in the data files. Some data columns do not require coding. 
data_animal_information_sign_visitor.xlsx
data_general_visitor_pre_post_match.xlsx
data_general_visitor_raw.xlsx
data_live_animal_shows.xlsx
data_theatre.xlsx

Consent Forms - Contain the template statement for participant's consent for research purposes
consent_information_signs.docx
consent_statement.docx
consent_child.docx



Detailed content description for each file. 

questionnaire_animal_information_signs.docx - Blank example of questionnaire used to test visitor prior knowledge and information recall of information found on animal information signs. 
questionnaire_bird_show.docx - Blank example of questionnaire used to test prior knowledge and recall of information from the Flamingo Land bird show.
questionnaire_general_visitor.docx - Blank example of questionnaire used to test visitor knowledge prior to and immediately after a visit to Flamingo Land.
questionnaire_sealion_show.docx - Blank example of questionnaire used to test prior knowledge and information recall of information from the Flamingo Land sea lion show.
questionnaire_theatre_adult.docx - Blank example of questionnaire used to test adults' knowledge pre and immediately post viewing the theatre production. 
questionnaire_theatre_child.docx - Blank example of questionnaire used to test children's knowledge pre and immediately post viewing the theatre production. 

coding_table_theatre.docx - Coding table used to code responses to children's and adults' theatre questionnaire
coding_table_live_animal_shows.docx - Coding table used to code responses to the bird show and sealion show questionnaires
coding_table_animal_information_signs.docx - Coding table used to code responses to animal information sign questionnaires

data_animal_information_sign_visitor.xlsx - Responses to questionnaires on animal information sign content pre- and post- sign reading.
data_general_visitor_pre_post_match.xlsx - Responses to general visitor questionnaires pre- and post- a visit to Flamingo Land. Data matched to track individual learning 
data_general_visitor_raw.xlsx - Responses to general visitor questionnaires overall - all data
data_live_animal_shows.xlsx - Responses to questionnaires from the bird show and the sealion show.
data_theatre.xlsx - Responses to theatre questionnaires from both children and adults.

consent_information_signs.docx - Consent statement read and signed at the start of animal information sign questionnaires
consent_statement.docx - Consent statements read at the beginning of all questionnaires
consent_child.docx - Consent statements qiven to parent/guardian of children taking part in questionnaires



Video footage of the shows is available by request to sarah.spooner@cantab.net or to zooeducation@flamingoland.co.uk. Show content is copyright to Flamingo Land Ltd and ParrotandSeal Ltd.