Rebecca Diston

9Mars 24/1/12

9.2 World Citizens In this module we will be investigating teenage attitudes and behaviour, in particular year 9s. This will require working out a hypothesis, producing an online form, and analysing the results in a database. The Hypothesis The following areas interest me as a subject for the survey: 1. Books, 2. Pets, 3. School subjects, 4. Gadgets. Possible hypotheses are: 1. At least 40% of teenagers will read a book every day. 2. 45 - 55% of teenagers will have a dog, 3. 60% of teenagers will prefer cats to dogs. 4. More than 70% of year 9s will pick Harry Potter and the deathly Hallows as the best Harry Potter Book. 5. Less than 25% of teenagers pick art as their favourite subjects. Your questions are really good, not too vague nor too obvious. I agree with most of your hypotheses maybe except the third question. Rebecca, your 4th question is quite obvious (to me) and yeah. Questions first draft that will prove / disprove the hypotheses (we are not looking how to answer in this first draft). You need to ask more questions than there are hypotheses. This is because you need to find out about the respondent; in particular age and gender (and possibly other things) there is no point in asking about bike riding if they dont ride a bike. A. How old are you? Drop down menu B. Are you Male or Female? Radio buttons C. How often do you read a book (for at least 30 minutes)? Drop down menu

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E. Which is your favourite Harry Potter book (Option saying I have not read them)? Radio buttons F. Which pets do you have? Checkboxes G. Do you have a mobile phone? - Radio buttons H. Approximately how many texts do you send a month? Drop down menu I. What subjects do you do at school? - Checkboxes J. If so what is your favourite subject? Drop down menu K. Do you prefer dogs or cats? Radio buttons. The actual questionnaire will be created in Google documents, using an online form that stores the results in a spread sheet. This can be found at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG95Vk1Dd0tHbGlCSE1E aFNma2hXNkE6MQ. Pilot study To review initial version of the questionnaire. Before the questionnaire was made widely available, it was used by a small number to assess whether the data collected would prove/ disprove the hypotheses. During the pilot study I received the following comments; I found this form clear and well put together. The questions suited your hypotheses and the format of your form was very good and easy to navigate. No improvements to be made. Very good, didn't notice any spelling mistakes, apart from "questionnaire", which you spelt "questionaire" and also if you are talking about more than one hypothesis, it should be "hypotheses" not "hypothesis" (I think), so well done. The hypotheses you have are detailed and suitable and I think you will be able to prove/disprove these well :) But for the (4. More than 70% of year 9s will pick Harry Potter and the deathly Hallows as the best Harry Potter Book." there are no hypotheses relating to which Harry Potter book they prefer. Well done! Well done! =) I think that your survey is well presented and the content is great. I like how all the questions aren't all laid out on one page and that the survey is split up into sections. On the other hand, the questions asking which pets you own is very long and must have taken a long time. When you receive this data it will be had to present it. Your options could just be cat, dog, other. In the light of the result of the pilot study I made the following changes: I corrected spelling mistakes

Rebecca Diston

9Mars 24/1/12

I thought that the survey was adequate as a finally version otherwise as all the hypotheses are proved but it only takes you on to certain pages due to how you answered the questions, so some people thought that is wasnt proving a hypothesis when my survey was. Collecting data The URL of the questionnaire was uploaded to a collaborative document, in the schools VLE, Fronter, so that all could easily access and fill in the questionnaire. The data was stored in a spread sheet within Google documents. Collecting and downloading the data The results from the online form were collected in a spread sheet within Google docs and were downloaded as an excel spread sheet. This had to be proof read to make sure the data was verified. After proof reading I didnt make any changes but I noticed there were some strange answers. Creating the database and analysing the results I created the database by giving a blank database on Microsoft Access the name, Year 9 Opinions. I then imported my Excel spread sheet on to the database, by clicking on external data and then Excel. Then I had to browse for my spread sheet, to import it in. Then I had to click a box to tell Access that my data had headings and another to allow Access to add a primary key. Creating the queries Queries allow us to select only the bits of data that we need to prove a point. We can also manipulate the data, for example counting how many records meet particular criteria. E.g. how many teenagers have a television in their room and how many dont. Our hypothesis will be proved or disproved by the queries we make, and these shall be shown below in design view along with the results. Show your queries in design view and the results.

Rebecca Diston

9Mars 24/1/12

This so how many Year 9s preferred Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. =24%

Rebecca Diston

9Mars 24/1/12

This shows how many Year 9s prefer cats and dogs. =32%

Rebecca Diston

9Mars 24/1/12

How many Year 9s own dogs. =18%

How many Year 9s read every day. =48%

How many Year 9s picked Art as their favourite subjects. =11%

Rebecca Diston

9Mars 24/1/12

Summary: Out of my 5 hypothesis only 2 are correct. 1. At least 40% of teenagers will read a book every day - true 2. 45 - 55% of teenagers will have a dog - false 3. 60% of teenagers will prefer cats to dogs - false 4. More than 70% of year 9s will pick Harry Potter and the deathly Hallows as the best Harry Potter Book - false 5. Less than 25% of teenagers pick art as their favourite subjects true I have found out from my questionnaire that over half my hypotheses were incorrect proving that Year 9s have different opinions than predicted by me. I believed that dog were a very popular pet and half the population of teenagers would have them but my survey although proving the idea of dogs was much preferred by half of my recipients in my quiz, I found that dogs werent such a popular pet than expected. Also the fact that less than 25% of teenagers picked art as their favourite subject shows that teenagers are less creative in school as they dont like the more imaginative and creative subjects like art. Almost half teenagers read a book everyday showing that students enjoy reading as well as the popular view of teenagers forever being stuck to gadgets and this shows a recreational way which also expands the brain is popular amongst teenagers. Finally I found that fewer than expected students picked the deathly hallows as their favourite book, this shows that many people dont think the final book is the best which is generally thought. I have found that opinions of students in year 9 are often contrary to popular belief and that my hypotheses were far wrong in some of the aspects explored. My results though are biased as only girls completed the survey, so that may have affected the results as boys may have different opinions and also only 37 students completed my survey so the results may be inaccurate as only a tiny proportion of students completed the survey. My graphs show further exploration of the subjects How often do Year 9 students read, and what is their favourite subjects. My statistics about year 9s favourite subject, shocked me slightly as although I said earlier that year 9s were less creative I found art was actually the most popular choice. I was also surprised to find that I.C.T, chemistry, physics, textiles, product design and tutorial were no ones favourite subject. I found that biology and art were both very popular compared to the other options. This is interesting as they are very different subjects, one academic and one creative, and shows the variety. This links in to my next graph as I found that, according to a website, students who study art are likely to read twice as often as someone who doesnt. I would like to have done another questionnaire to see if the above statement is correct, but I researched how often year 9s read anyway. I actually found that a vast chunk of year 9s read books every day, this is in contrast as the next highest value is reading once every more than 7 days. This shows stark contrast amongst year nine and a variety of results in the data. The rest of the data is more evenly spread between. In my survey I have found out about the ideas and opinions of year 9s. By Rebecca Diston