2014 HSNCT Survey
This survey gathered feedback from players and coaches about NAQT’s 2014 High School National Championship Tournament. There were 685 responses.
Some questions have responses that don’t total to exactly 100%; this is due to the rounding of individual values. Percentages reported are of those answering each individual question, since not all respondents answered every question.
Respondent
What is your role?
Where did you stay during the HSNCT?
How many spectators (siblings, friends, parents, but not coaches or players) did your team bring?
Distribution
For each category, please indicate whether you would like to see many more, more, the same, fewer, or many fewer questions in that area at a future HSNCT. The “%” column contains the portion of the set devoted to that category.
| Category | % | Many fewer | Fewer | Same | More | Much More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Events | 7.3% | 7% | 17% | 43% | 23% | 9% |
| Fine Arts | 7.1% | 8% | 16% | 36% | 28% | 11% |
| General/Mixed | 5.6% | 5% | 10% | 56% | 20% | 9% |
| Geography | 7.9% | 11% | 21% | 40% | 20% | 9% |
| History | 19.0% | 4% | 13% | 50% | 20% | 13% |
| Literature | 16.9% | 11% | 20% | 40% | 19% | 10% |
| Mythology | 2.5% | 4% | 9% | 37% | 30% | 20% |
| Philosophy | 3.9% | 6% | 16% | 48% | 21% | 8% |
| Popular Culture | 5.0% | 11% | 16% | 35% | 21% | 17% |
| Science/Math | 22.7% | 14% | 22% | 40% | 14% | 11% |
| Social Science | 2.7% | 4% | 12% | 50% | 24% | 10% |
| Sports | 1.7% | 22% | 16% | 34% | 16% | 13% |
Difficulty
For each category, please indicate whether you thought the questions in those categories at the 2014 HSNCT were too hard, about right, or too easy.
| Category | Too easy | About right | Too hard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Events | 4% | 83% | 13% |
| Fine Arts | 3% | 69% | 29% |
| General/Mixed | 5% | 88% | 7% |
| Geography | 3% | 76% | 22% |
| History | 3% | 84% | 13% |
| Literature | 2% | 59% | 40% |
| Mythology | 6% | 77% | 17% |
| Philosophy | 2% | 75% | 23% |
| Popular Culture | 12% | 78% | 10% |
| Science/Math | 4% | 66% | 30% |
| Social Science | 3% | 85% | 12% |
| Sports | 8% | 72% | 20% |
Out of 30, how many points per bonus should the following groups in your division average at an ideal HSNCT?
Answers were rounded to the nearest integer. Non-numeric answers and answers not between 0 and 30 (inclusive) were ignored.
| PPB | The field | The top four teams | The bottom four teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 1 | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 2 | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 3 | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| 4 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 6 | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 7 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 8 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 9 | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| 10 | 8% | 1% | 33% |
| 11 | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 12 | 3% | 0% | 3% |
| 13 | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| 14 | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| 15 | 36% | 1% | 2% |
| 16 | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| 17 | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| 18 | 8% | 0% | 0% |
| 19 | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| 20 | 27% | 7% | 3% |
| 21 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22 | 0% | 4% | 0% |
| 23 | 0% | 5% | 0% |
| 24 | 1% | 7% | 0% |
| 25 | 2% | 29% | 0% |
| 26 | 0% | 4% | 0% |
| 27 | 0% | 6% | 0% |
| 28 | 0% | 7% | 0% |
| 29 | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| 30 | 2% | 26% | 1% |
Other Questions
Which of these should be the focus of the Pop Culture distribution?
Which of these would you prefer to see?
How valuable are Friday night scrimmages to you?
As a possible method of future expansion, NAQT may consider moving some preliminary games to Friday night. This would require some or all teams to arrive Friday evening, and would necessitate removing some or all of the scrimmage rounds. How would you feel about this change?