Co-creating with the scientists of tomorrow:
Shaping trials and the future.
How did kids vote in 'Sharing the results!' (Step 5)?
We counted all the votes from the final step, 'Sharing the results!' (Step 5), and guess what? 20 kids joined in! We asked all of them how we should share the results of The Kid's Trial and where we should share them! It’s super important for everyone to know what our trial showed because if we don't share our results, how can people know what we did?
Check out what kids voted for below!
We need to be careful when thinking about these results. Only a small number of kids answered the survey (20 out of 224 kids who joined in at least one step of The Kid's Trial), so we cannot be sure that everyone who took part felt the same way. It’s possible that the kids who had the most fun were more likely to answer this survey. This could create something called BIAS. Remember, bias is when something is not completely fair or balanced. If only certain kids answered the survey, then the results might not show what all the kids really thought. That’s why it is important to think carefully about results like these.
The largest age group of kids (7 out of 20) who took part in 'Sharing the results!' were 10 years old. But we had kids in other age groups too! Check out what ages the kids were and where they live here!
Kids from eight different countries- Australia, Austria, England, Estonia, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, and the United States joined this step!
Ireland had the most with 11 kids joining!
First, we asked the kids how we should share the results of The Kid's Trial. We added up the 1st and 2nd most favourite ways to share the results, and using an animated video was the most popular. You can find this video on our home page and our YouTube channel. The second most popular way (11 votes when we added the 1st and 2nd most favourite ways) was using pictures. We've put something called an INFOGRAPHIC, which is a picture that gives you information, on the home page as well.
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Next, we wanted to know where the results of The Kid's Trial should be shared. The two most popular places (adding the 1st and 2nd most favourite) were The Kid's Trial website and The Kid's Trial YouTube channel.
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The final survey also asked kids what they thought about the ways we used to help them understand what randomised trials are, and how they felt about the trial. Most kids thought taking part in the trial was fun (19 out of 20 kids).
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BUT FINALLY, we asked the kids what they thought they understood about trials now that they had finished The Kid's Trial. Again, only 20 kids from the 224 that took part in one of the steps answered these questions. But almost all of them said that they understood what trials were, how they were done, and why they were important.
