SURVEY ON DESIGN OF CHAIR
PREFERENCES
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Executive Summary
This
summary is done to show the overall content of the survey on design of chair preferred by IIUM students . This survey is done to measure
the IIUM students opinion about existing design of chair in their university. The result will reflect
the IIUM students satisfaction about
using chair provided by university and which part of the design of the chair
that they like and dislike.
Our
focuses include the quality and characteristics of the chair that assist
student having lecture comfortably. The questions in the survey are made with
attention to design a better chair for university students. It’s straight to
the point and it may only need less than 5 minutes for a student to complete
the survey questions.
Objectives
1.
To evaluate
students’ opinion and satisfaction about chair provided in their university.
2.
To evaluate IIUM students’
preference on design of chair.
3.
To discover characteristics of
chair that suitable for university students.
4.
To create new design of chair
that can be used in all university.
Methodologies
Survey is the sample of individuals from a population with a view towards making statistical interference about the population using the
sample. Surveys
provide important information for all kinds of research fields. Therefore, we
are using survey method because we are collecting data information by sample.
So we are distributed our instruments which questionnaire to the students through
survey. Our survey had been conducted on 50
students of IIUM. The instruments that we use are
consisting of 5 demographic questions and 21 questions about chair preferences
for the survey purposes and to gather information for data analysis for our
findings.
Result & Findings
Section
A –Demographic
Based
on our survey on 50 respondents, there are 31 males and 19 females which
represent male students as 62% and female students as 38%. Generally, 74% of
them are in the age range between 21 to 23 years old, 12% of them are 18 to 20
years old and 14% of them are 24 to 26 years old. Average weight range for male
students is 61 to 80kg and for female students is 40 to 60kg. 58% of male
respondents have height range of 151 to 170cm and the rest have 171cm and
above. Meanwhile, for female students, 18% of them have height range of 121 to
150cm, 66% of them have 151 to 170cm, 16% of them are 171 and above. Most of
our respondents are from faculty of Engineering, which are 52% of total
respondents. 18% of them are from faculty of from Human Science, 4% from
faculty of Economy and 26% are from other faculty.
Section
B –Questionaire
For
the first question, 40% like the design of chair provided by faculty. While 60%
dislike. About 74% disagreed that design of the chair give comfort to them
while the rest said the otherwise. The chair provided by faculty does give
noise to 68% of the respondents while other said otherwise. 50% of the
respondent agreed that chairs made today are easy to move and the rest said no.
The chair made today is not flexible enough for 80% of the respondents and 20%
said it is flexible for them. About 45% of respondent agreed that chairs can be
preserved for a long time and 55% agreed that chair cannot be preserved at all.
Chairs made today are portable and that statement is strongly agreed by 74% of
the respondents while 26% said no. 70% of the respondent experienced very
stable chair and 30% disagreed. 80% of the respondents agreed that chair made
today is safe and 20% agreed that chair is not safe. 58% of the respondents
like their chair to be colourful while
42% dislike colourful chair. Foldable
chair is preferred by 96% of the respondent while only 4% like normal chair.
Small size of the chair does matter to 62% of respondents while 38% preferred
bigger size of the chair. 100% of the respondent demanding chair to be
adjustable. 80% of the respondents preferred the chair consist of more than one
material while 20% disagreed. Leather seat is preferred by 76% of the
respondent while 24% preferred a normal seat. 42% of the respondents want their
chairs to have wheels while 58% want otherwise. 86% of the respondents agreed
that their chair manage to withstand
their
body weight while 14% of them disagreed. The most preferred colour of the chair
is black which agreed 48% of the respondents followed by 16% for brown, 18% for
grey and 18% preferred other colours. 24% of the respondents preferred steel
chair, 36% of the respondents preferred wood chair, 20% of the respondents
preferred aluminium chair and 20% of the respondents preferred plastic chair.
For extra features, 30% of the respondents want their chair to be equipped with
armrest, 25% of the respondents want back support, 25% of the respondents want
the chair to have flip ability and 20% of the respondents want their chair to
be equipped with a box. The reasonable price of chair given by 30% of the respondent
is between RM10 to RM20. The other 62% wanted the price to be RM20 to RM30
while 8% of them preferred RM30 to RM40 for the price of the chair.
QUESTION 18
What colour of
chair you prefer the most?
QUESTION
19
What type
of chair material you prefer more?
QUESTION 20
What extra
features do you like to add to the chair the most?
QUESTION
21
If you want
to buy a chair, what price you willing to pay for one unit of chair?
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