Tally charts

Tally charts

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  Results from Questionnaire. Age 14 12 10 8 6 Age 4 2 0 16-18 18-20 20-22 22-25 This graph shows that most of the people I asked to fill in my questionnaire were within the age rage 16-18. Therefore my magazine will be biased around their opinions. Gender Male Female This is an equal spilt which just shows that I gave my questionnaire out to an equal amount of females and males. However, my magazine will appeal to both the male and female audience.
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  Where do youusually buy your magazine from? 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Newsagents Online Local Shop Supermarket From my questionnaire I found out that most people buy their magazines from the supermarket. This shows that I need to focus on supermarkets to sell my magazine. What is your favourite colour? 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Red Blue Green Orange Purple Yellow Black Pink The main colour liked by 16-18 year olds was green. This could show by that I need to make the main colour theme green in my magazine. It was closely followed by black and blue, so I could use either of them instead.
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  What type ofarticles interest you in a magazine? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Reviews Comical Informative Images Gossip My results show that the main type of article preferred by males and females is images. This allows me to realise that I need to focus on pictures in my magazine. How often do you like to buy a magazine? Weekly Fortnight Monthly I will make my magazine a monthly issue as this is seems to be most popular with my target audience.
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  How much doyou normally pay for a magazine? 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 £0.50-£1.50 £1.50-£2.50 £2.50-£3.50 £3.50- < The respondents of my questionnaire normally buy their magazines within a price range of £1.50-£2.50. I will now price my magazine within that price rage as it is not too much money but not too cheap. Do you enjoy receiving free gifts in your magazine? Yes No It is obvious that people enjoy receiving free gifts in their magazines. Therefore I will include a number of free posters, gig tickets and merchandise in my magazine.
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  What parts ofa music magazine do you prefer? 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 News Features Reviews Interviews Pictures These questionnaire results show me that my target audience prefer to see pictures in magazines rather than news features, reviews and interviews. Therefore I will try to include a lot of original pictures. If you saw a music magazine in the shop, what would convince you to buy it? 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Price Front Cover Articles Competitions The most popular result for this question was the front cover. Therefore I know that I need to make my front cover the main priority as this will convince people to buy my magazine.
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  What is yourfavourite type of music? 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Hip-Hop RnB Rock Indie Classic Grunge The results for this question show that ‘Indie’ music is the most popular type of music within the age rage of 16-18. I have chosen to base my magazine around the style of ‘Indie Alternative,’ so hopefully it will appeal to a wide range of audience. What have you disliked about previous magazines you have brought? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Too much Not enough Too many Not enough Too expensive The front cover information information pictures pictures From these results it is clear that I need to include as many pictures as I can in my magazine and not have too much information as the respondents found that boring and un-interesting.
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  What have youespecially liked about magazines you have brought in the past? 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Pictures Information Price Front Cover Again it is obvious that the main attraction in magazines is pictures. My target audience found that they have liked looking at the pictures in previous magazines they have brought. It is now clear to me that the main focus of my magazine will be the pictures I take. Would you ever subscribe to a magazine if there was a choice? Yes No This is not a clear result as only two more people chose yes to no. I will offer the chance to subscribe to my magazine on the content page; therefore it is there if the audience wants to.