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Originally Posted by bduddy
Given the sample size of a few hundred and partially self-selected nature of that survey (only half of the teams contacted responded), I highly doubt those numbers are statistically significant.
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I agree. But for the big picture, it's hard to argue something like "FRC is much more inspiring than FTC" or "FTC is much more inspiring than FRC" when the data looks pretty darn similar.
And there's this in the report too: "FTC team members
were more likely to report that team members made the important decisions (97% vs. 93%)
and to reject the idea that adults on the team did the most difficult jobs (87% vs. 78%). FRC
team members, were more likely to report that they had a chance to get to know one of the
adults on the team (93% vs. 90%); that they learned a lot from the adults (92% vs. 81%);
that adults on the team talked about college (70% vs. 57%), and that they felt they belonged
on their team (94% vs. 92%).
While those differences were statistically significant (i.e.,
unlikely to have occurred by chance), in practical terms they are small and likely reflect
differences in emphasis rather than major differences in program quality. Overall 97% of the
FTC participants and 99% of those in FRC reported that they “had fun working on my FIRST
team” – another important indicator of a quality program experience. "