NISRA Website - Questionnaire to User Group: NICVA Survey

Do you or does someone in your organisation use the NISRA website?

Yes? Then please take a few minutes to answer some questions that will help us improve the service we provide. This survey is completely confidential. If you have any queries on it please contact Neil Marsden on 02890 348288 or neil.marsden@dfpni.gov.uk . Thank you.

2.What sort of information are you interested in? – tick all that apply.

Other (please specify)

3.Generally, do you find the information that you are looking for from the NISRA site?

Yes (Go to Question 5)

No (Go to Question 4)

4.What do you do? (for those who responded No to Question 3)

Access via departmental websites

Use a search engine such as Google

Search NIDirect

Other (please specify)

6.Do you use the search facility on the NISRA website?

Yes (Go to Question 7)

No (Go to Question 8)

7.Do you find it useful? (for those who answered Yes to Question 6)

Yes

No

8.If you have had problems locating information, what sort of information were you looking for? Please specify.

9.What changes would you like to see to the website to help you find what you are looking for?

10.Do you think that the information on the website should be arranged (a) by Northern Ireland Department or (b) by themes such as ‘children and young people’; ‘families’; ‘Labour market’ etc.

(a) by department

(b) by theme

11.Would you find the following useful if it was included on the NISRA website in the future? – tick all that apply.

An educational page describing in simple language the most commonly used statistical concepts.

Kids Corner – predominately for use by schools.

Greater use of Infographics.

Other (please specify)

12.Would you find it useful to receive a tweet alerting you to the most recent release of the statistics you are interested in?

Yes

No

13.How strongly do you agree or disagree that Official figures are generally accurate?

14.How strongly do you agree or disagree that Official figures are produced without political interference? (Political interference occurs when politicians successfully apply pressure on NISRA to change statistics, their date of release, or their analysis).

15.How much trust do you have in statistics produced by NISRA? For example, the statistics on unemployment, inflation, economic growth?

16.If you have any other comments on any aspect of the NISRA website please make them here:

Your views are important to us. Thank you for participating in our survey.