2015 HSNCT Survey
This survey gathered feedback from players and coaches about NAQT’s 2015 High School National Championship Tournament. There were 798 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?
Where did you stay during the HSNCT?
Spectators
How many spectators (siblings, friends, parents, but not coaches or players) did your team bring to the HSNCT?
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 current percentage of the set devoted to that category.
| Subject Area | % | Many fewer | Fewer | Same | More | Much More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Events | 7.3% | 9% | 15% | 41% | 23% | 12% |
| Fine Arts | 7.1% | 9% | 13% | 43% | 22% | 12% |
| General Knowledge / Mixed | 5.6% | 5% | 9% | 56% | 23% | 7% |
| Geography | 7.9% | 5% | 24% | 37% | 22% | 12% |
| History | 19.0% | 3% | 14% | 48% | 22% | 13% |
| Literature | 16.9% | 13% | 21% | 39% | 18% | 9% |
| Mythology | 2.5% | 6% | 9% | 39% | 28% | 18% |
| Philosophy | 1.7% | 8% | 15% | 48% | 21% | 8% |
| Popular Culture | 5.0% | 11% | 16% | 32% | 21% | 19% |
| Science / Math | 22.7% | 10% | 20% | 40% | 17% | 13% |
| Social Science | 2.7% | 6% | 13% | 51% | 24% | 7% |
| Sports | 1.7% | 24% | 16% | 30% | 12% | 17% |
How many computation questions per game (fractional answers acceptable) should NAQT include at future HSNCTs?
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 | 63% | 33% |
| 0.5 | 2% | 3% |
| 1 | 22% | 40% |
| 1.5 | 1% | 2% |
| 2 | 7% | 14% |
| 2.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 3% | 3% |
| 4 | 0% | 1% |
| 5 | 1% | 1% |
| 20 | 1% | 0% |
Assuming that NAQT continues to ask the equivalent of one computational bonus per game, would you prefer…
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: (3) 15s, (4) 10s, (3) –5s on 15 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 HSNCT were too hard, about right, or too easy.
| Category | Too easy | About right | Too hard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Events | 3% | 84% | 13% |
| Fine Arts | 5% | 76% | 19% |
| General Knowledge / Mixed | 3% | 91% | 5% |
| Geography | 2% | 80% | 17% |
| History | 3% | 86% | 11% |
| Literature | 3% | 66% | 31% |
| Mythology | 6% | 81% | 13% |
| Philosophy | 3% | 76% | 20% |
| Pop Culture | 8% | 79% | 13% |
| Science / Math | 4% | 69% | 27% |
| Social Science | 3% | 83% | 14% |
| Sports | 6% | 69% | 25% |
Logistics
What are your dietary restrictions? Check all that apply.
Since the choices are not mutually exclusive, the percentages are not expected to add up to 100%.
Which days (if any) have you taken, or do you plan to take, sightseeing trips in Chicago during your stay?
Since the choices are not mutually exclusive, the percentages are not expected to add up to 100%.