2015 MSNCT Survey
This survey gathered feedback from players and coaches about NAQT’s 2015 Middle School National Championship Tournament. There were 439 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. In most cases, nonzero values that round to 0% are not shown.
Respondent
What is your role?
Did you stay in the tournament hotel?
Spectators
How many spectators (siblings, friends, parents, but not coaches or players) did your team bring to the MSNCT?
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 MSNCT. The “%” column contains the current percentage of the set devoted to that category.
| Subject Area | % | Many fewer | Fewer | Same | More | Much More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Events | 6.9% | 3% | 14% | 41% | 28% | 14% |
| Fine Arts | 4.9% | 8% | 14% | 41% | 26% | 10% |
| General Knowledge / Mixed | 6.9% | 2% | 6% | 54% | 28% | 10% |
| Geography | 9.9% | 4% | 16% | 38% | 27% | 16% |
| History | 19.8% | 4% | 17% | 47% | 18% | 14% |
| Language | 2.0% | 8% | 15% | 44% | 26% | 7% |
| Literature | 15.8% | 10% | 20% | 37% | 21% | 13% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 15% | 26% | 36% | 14% | 9% |
| Pop Culture | 5.2% | 9% | 14% | 27% | 28% | 21% |
| Science | 16.9% | 5% | 12% | 46% | 24% | 14% |
| Social Science / Philosophy | 2.0% | 6% | 16% | 49% | 21% | 8% |
| Sports | 1.7% | 17% | 14% | 31% | 15% | 23% |
How many computation questions per game (fractional answers acceptable) should NAQT include at future MSNCTs?
Answers were rounded to the nearest 0.5. Non-numeric answers and answers not between 0 and 24 (inclusive) were ignored.
| Questions | Tossups | Bonuses |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 39% | 20% |
| 0.5 | 4% | 5% |
| 1 | 28% | 42% |
| 1.5 | 1% | 2% |
| 2 | 14% | 18% |
| 2.5 | 1% | 0% |
| 3 | 5% | 7% |
| 4 | 2% | 1% |
| 5 | 2% | 1% |
| 7 | 1% | 1% |
| 9 | 0% | 1% |
| 10 | 1% | 1% |
| 20 | 1% | 0% |
At a future tournament, would you pay $20 extra to receive a report after the tournament detailing your team’s performance by category and question type (for example: 7 of 9 on Opera tossups, 13 of 18 on Biology bonus parts)?
Difficulty
For each category, please indicate whether you thought the questions in those categories at the 2015 MSNCT were too hard, about right, or too easy.
| Category | Too easy | About right | Too hard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Events | 5% | 72% | 23% |
| Fine Arts | 5% | 72% | 23% |
| General Knowledge / Mixed | 5% | 90% | 4% |
| Geography | 5% | 78% | 17% |
| History | 3% | 84% | 13% |
| Language | 9% | 75% | 16% |
| Literature | 4% | 75% | 21% |
| Mathematics | 6% | 61% | 33% |
| Pop Culture | 11% | 79% | 10% |
| Science | 4% | 78% | 18% |
| Social Science / Philosophy | 3% | 76% | 21% |
| Sports | 10% | 65% | 24% |
Logistics
How did you travel to the 2015 MSNCT?
From 0 to 5, with 0 being “not at all important” and 5 being “critically important,” please rate these aspects of a host hotel:
Answers were rounded to the nearest integer. Non-numeric answers and answers not between 0 and 5 (inclusive) were ignored.
| Aspect | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessibility by free airport shuttle or efficient public transit | 49% | 20% | 19% | 6% | 2% | 4% |
| Walking distance to major tourist attractions | 22% | 16% | 25% | 17% | 8% | 11% |
| Walking distance to inexpensive (less than $10) restaurants | 37% | 24% | 21% | 8% | 3% | 6% |
| Hotel recreation (gym, pool, sport courts, etc.) | 29% | 17% | 18% | 16% | 9% | 11% |
| Sufficient meeting space (no games played in suite parlors) | 41% | 22% | 19% | 8% | 4% | 6% |
| Complimentary guest room internet access | 70% | 15% | 9% | 3% | 1% | 2% |
| Refrigerators in guest rooms | 28% | 14% | 20% | 19% | 7% | 12% |
| Queen beds instead of double beds in guest rooms | 23% | 17% | 22% | 16% | 8% | 14% |
| Affordability | 58% | 25% | 11% | 2% | 1% | 3% |
Which days (if any) have you taken, or do you plan to take, sightseeing trips in the Dallas/Fort Worth area during your stay?
Since the choices are not mutually exclusive, the percentages are not expected to add up to 100%.