Dear Participant,

As required by the Caribbean Sector Education Council, we fifth form students

of Queen’s College, are obliged to conduct research and document our findings on any topic in
the Additional Mathematics Syllabus. The topic chosen is based on statistical determination of
whether absenteeism from school affects students’ overall grades.

This letter serves as a request for you to answer this questionnaire which we compiled by placing
a tick beside your response to each question.

You are assured that your answers will be treated with strict confidentiality. Your cooperation is
most sincerely appreciated.

Yours respectfully,

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Avianna Dannet.

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Rasheda Jeffrey.

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Arielle Lewis.

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Lianne Rickford.
Please answer the questions by placing a tick in the box.

1. What is your gender?

 Male
 Female

2. What is your age range?

 11- 13
 14- 16
 17 and over.

3. How often are you absent from school per month?

 1- 3 times
 4-5 times
 6 times and more

4. Why are you absent from school?

 Personal reasons
 Don’t feel like it
 Tired/ fatigued
 Time at home can be maximized
 Don’t like school
 Other

5. From how many sessions of a particular class are you absent?

 1-3 sessions
 4-5 sessions
 6 sessions and more

6. Does your absence from school result in missing important things being taught?
 Yes
 No

7. Do you collect the work that you missed?

 Yes
 No

8. Do you get the work done?

 Yes
 No
9. Does your work prove to be difficult after being absent?
 Yes
 No

10. How are your teachers helpful?

 They provide work that was missed
 They give homework
 They give practice work to assess your knowledge on the topic taught

11. When present at school do you attend all classes?

 Yes
 No

12. Approximately how much do you score overall?

 0- 50%
 51- 70%
 71- 80%
 81- 100%