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The Questionnaire on the Factors Influencing the
International Students from China in Making Decisions
to Study in New Zealand
Researcher’s Name: Yang Hu
Principal Supervisor: Dr. Meng Er
Associate Supervisor: Dr. Bo Lin
Part One: Project Title
The Proposed Focuses of WeChat Contents Which may Improve the Recruitment of
the Chinese Students in New Zealand
Part Two: Questionnaire Introduction and Research Objective
Please answer all the following questions. As a part of a research, this questionnaire
aims to collect the information from the participants about the experience in and
attitudes towards the WeChat contents published by the abroad-studying agencies or
educational institutes, in order to analyse the factors influencing the international
students from China in making decisions to study in New Zealand (hereinafter, “New
Zealand” will be referred to as “here” for simplicity).
By overcoming the negative factors, I try to sort out the approaches to improve the
recruitment of the Chinese students to study here.
Part Three: Operation Guidance
1. Please select the items reflecting your true condition and tick in
2. You can have only one option for the questions like this:
or
.
How do you feel the clarity and transparency of the information your agent is
offering?
Very Satisfied.
Satisfied.
Not Satisfied.
3. Apart from the yes-no questions, you can have more than one option for each
question.
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4. You can decide to answer or not when you see the options like this:
Other factors. _13.
Please write the factors you think critical on the line:
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5. The incomplete questionnaires will be regarded as “invalid”, apart from the
optionable items described in Clause 4.
6. The questionnaires with obvious deviations in answers to the questions, for
example, giving completely different answers to the similar questions, will be
treated as “invalid”.
Part Four: Questions
Q1: Did you receive abroad studying information through WeChat?
Yes. _1. (If the answer is “Yes”, you can continue the survey.)
No. _0. (If the answer is “No”, you will discontinue the survey.)
Q2: Did you or your spout hold the visa which empowers free education for your
kid/kids?
Yes. _1. (If the answer is “Yes”, please jump to Q8.)
No. _2. (If the answer is “No”, please continue.)
Q3: What are the main factors facilitating you to make the decision to study here,
or to apply for education for your kid/kids?
Education style. _1. (Such reflected in the New Zealand Curriculum Principles
(Education Review Office, 2012) as high expectation, culture diversity, inclusion,
cohesion, learning to learn, future focus, community engagement.)
Education quality. _2.
Desires to study or work here for the natural environment, safe food, good
people and other factors. _3.
An international horizon. _4.
Lower tuition fees compared with other countries. _5.
Financial support of your family or other sponsors. _6.
Fame of the school or university you intend to study in. _7.
Advertisements launched by the school or university. _8.
Propaganda launched by the educational authority of NZ. _9.
Recommendations of agents. _10.
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Recommendations of friends. _11.
Family economic condition. _12.
Other factors. _13.
Please write the factors you think critical on the line.
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Q4: Who did you receive the information from?
An agent in China / Someone forwarded it from an agent in China. _1.
An agent in New Zealand / Someone forwarded it from an agent in New
Zealand. _2.
An educational institute in New Zealand / Someone forwarded it from an
educational institute, such as a school or training institute, in New Zealand. _3.
The official website of the school or university. _4.
The official website of the educational authority. _5.
Other sources. _6.
Please write the sources you think critical on the line.
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Q5: Did you make the decision to study here or apply for education for your
kid/kids when you first thought about it?
Yes. _1.
You can opt further the reasons out of the following list:
Having got clear and transparent information from abroad-studying
agents or educational institutes. _1.1.
Having got an adequate knowledge of studying abroad through
searching across the Internet by yourself. _1.2.
Having got reassuring information from your friends. _1.3.
Putting unquestionable trust on agents and institutes. _1.4.
Powerful appeal of the school or university with high reputation. _1.5.
Advertisements launched by the school or university. _1.6.
Other reasons. _1.7.
Please write the reasons you think critical on the line.
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No. _2.
You can opt further the reasons out of the following list:
Having no faith in the abroad-studying agents. _2.1.
Having no faith in the educational institutes. _2.2.
Hesitating over the information from different channels. _2.3.
Insufficient information for you to make decisions. _2.4.
Unsure of your own judgement. _2.5.
Negative comments made by other people. _2.6.
Other reasons. _2.7.
Please write the reasons you think critical on the line.
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Q6: In the following conditions, which were the ones which finally help you make
the decision to study here?
Having a complete and accurate knowledge of background of the school or
university you intend to study in. _1.
Receiving a clear and accurate statement of tuition fees and other charges
from the school or university. _2.
Having a clear understanding of the results of your different options. _3.
Accepting the help and support from the services of the school or university.
_4.
Feeling confident of your option by analysing the positive comments. _5.
Accepting the recommendations of your friends. _6.
Accepting the recommendations of your agents. _7.
Accepting the recommendations in the advertisements published by the
school or university. _8.
Q7: Which factors do you think will give you more confidence to make a quick
decision if you must make a new decision now?
Strong love for New Zealand. _1.
Confident of your decisions for the adequate information. _2.
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Frank and honest services of abroad-studying agent. _3.
Professional services of the school or university you intend to study in. _4.
A clear knowledge of the future academic or career development after
graduation provided by the authority. _5.
Compelling advertisements published by agents or educational institutes. _6.
Well-categorised abroad-studying information easy to be found on the
official websites of the authority published in both English and Chinese. _7.
Professional websites or platform which offer responsible and objective
comments and ranking services in details of schools or universities in NZ. _8.
Other factors. _9.
Please write the critical types on the line.
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Q8: Which level of education are you in / or your kid/kids in when you or you
kid/kids first started to study here?
Primary school. _1.
Junior school. _2.
High school. _3.
English training school. _4.
Level 4 -Level 7 vocational education. _5.
Level 7 undergraduate academic education. _6.
Level 8 - Level 10 postgraduate, master or doctrine education. _7.
Q9: How long have/has you or your kid/kids been studying here?
Under 1 year. _1.
Under 3 years. _2.
Over 3 years. _3.
Over 5 years. _4.
Q10: Please select your general feelings about the services of the abroad-studying
agents out of the descriptions in the table.
Items
Service Charges
Information Transparency
Professional Explanations
Operational Compliance
Follow-up Services
Other Guidance or Supports
The Level of Your Satisfaction
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
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Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
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Q11: Please select your general feelings about the services of the school or
university you or your kid/kids out of the descriptions in the table.
Items
Service Charges
Information Transparency
Professional Explanations
Operational Compliance
Follow-up Services
Other Guidance or Supports
The Level of Your Satisfaction
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Q12: Please select your general feelings about the services of the education-related
authorities out of the descriptions in the table.
Items
Service Charges
Information Transparency
Professional Explanations
Operational Compliance
Follow-up Services
Other Guidance or Supports
The Level of Your Satisfaction
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
Not satisfied.
______________________END OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE_______________________
Part Five: Participation Information
Participant Name: _________________ Phone Number: ______________________
Investigation Date: ________________
Investigation Period: __________________
Participant Signature: ________________
Part Six: Document Storage and Privacy Protection
1. The questionnaires will be kept safely for three years according to the relevant
clause of research regulation.
2. The data will be applied without citation of the personal information of the
participants, including their names, phone numbers and other details they
revealed in the investigation.
3. The storage status of these questionnaires will be reported to the supervisors
and the members of the applied project academic committee whenever they
need a reference.
Part Seven: Confidentiality statement
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I state that all the information will be collected in an honest and serious approach
which will conform with the academic norms and regulation. I will take any
responsibility bringing about by false data and undue behaviours.
Personal signature:
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