Data Collection Procedures
As stated before, two separate surveys were given to each of the parents to complete.
The researcher handed the two surveys to parents during a program at the Family Resource
Center for Eau Claire County. The parents were asked to fill out the survey, and then place them
face down on the table. The researcher picked up the completed surveys after the class had
ended and all participants filled out the survey. The first survey, “What‟s Your Parenting Style”
consisted of 16 statements. Each parent was asked to place a check mark along side of the
statements that they believed to be true. Then based on the instructions in the survey, the
researcher scored the checked statements to determine which parenting style was more indicative
of each particular parent. For example, if a parent checked statement numbers 3, 7 and 9, they
were identified by the scoring tool to be positive/authoritative parents.