Research Article

A Study on Parents’ Willingness to Pay for Online Learning of Middle School Students Based on Perceived Value

Table 4

Spindle code (part).

Main categorySubcategoryPrimitive category

C1 teaching informationM1 curriculum informationB1 course flow arrangement
B2 fragmentation of course time
B3 teaching time
M2 course content informationB4 sequence of content arrangement
B5 the difficulty of course content
B6 the content is clear
B7 syllabus
B8 course content system
M3 course service informationB9 course supporting services

C2 teacher and student informationM4 teacher informationB10 teacher’s experience
B11 teaching methods
B12 teacher qualification
B13 teacher style
B14 teacher’s detailed introduction
B15 teachers’ conduct
M5 excellent student informationB16 excellent students

C3 perceived riskM6 time riskB17 waste time
M7 physical riskB18 care for children’s eyes
M8 study riskB19 children do not like it
B20 bad learning effect
B21 bad learning result
M9 system riskB22 system delete

C4 perceived costM10 sunk costB23 waste money
M11 cost performanceB24 focus on cost performance
M12 price affordabilityB25 affordable price
B26 beyond affordability
M13 spend money on learningB27 courses need to be paid
M14 high curriculum feesB28 high price
M15 charging frequencyB29 charging interval

C5 recommendations from people aroundM16 teacher’s recommendationB30 teacher’s recommendation
M17 parents’ recommendationB31 recommended by parents communication group
B32 recommended by parents
B33 parents’ meeting consultation
M18 recommended by friendsB34 recommended by friends