Bullying in our schools

The research question i am going to look at is How does the type of bullying change throughout the levels of schooling.

I have made up a survey asking the age and gender of the person.  Then i ask overall how often they have been bullied using a likert scale.  Next, i will ask which levels of schooling they were bullied in including elementary (grades K-5), middle (grades 6-8), high (grades 9-12) and college level ages 18 and up.  After i break it down into categories and i list a bunch of different types of bullying and ask if the surveyor had experienced any or all of them.  They will circle the type(s) of bullying they have experienced.  I will also ask in each level of schooling, which type of bullying they received if any at all.  They will also be asked if they ever did seek help and if that help actually did something about it.  Finally i ask for suggestions to help our schools with the bullying epidemic.

I believe that it would be interesting to examine how the level of schooling affects the type of bullying exhibited.  Even though it is not in the title, i would like to look at gender and they type of bullying.  Also it is interesting to look at the open ended responses and to see the percentage of people who actually received help and whether the surveyor thought it was affective.

In conclusion, the point of the survey is to help out our schools and help our students.  Bullying is getting worse every day and there are more types of bullying that are being added to the list.  With people's suggestions and the research, hopefully we can use these ideas to make our schools safer places.

~SS