Our proposal uses locational bias with the hope of obtaining a fun and effective survey. We plan on asking random passer-by-ers if they like TV, when outside of a library, and if they live reading outside of a movie theater. We (Conor, Ryan, and I) predict that there will be a clear bias shown in our data, other than the few obvious contrarians.
For our (Hayley, Becah and I) project we are going to show people passing by a picture of a popular food item they would want to eat such as a hamburger, ice cream sunday or donut. We will have two pictures. The first one will just be a picture of the food and the second picture will have the nutritional facts listed. The nutritional facts will show that the food item is not very healthy. Before the person knows the nutritional information we will ask them if they would eat the food then after showing them the food is not healthy and is bad for them we will as the same question except phrasing it by saying "Would you still eat this food?" We predict there will be a bias in our data due to the difference in the pictures/the information provided.
Ty and I are doing our project on whether people like baseball or lacrosse more. We will ask random people in a public place the simple question of which sport they prefer. For a while, we will wear lacrosse clothing while surveying people. Once we have sufficient data, we will wear baseball shirts and hats, and ask the question to more people. We predict that there will be a bias due to the clothing the interviewers (us) are wearing.
Camden, Tasha, Keely and I are going to ask random passer-byers whether or not they would ever attend a certain college. We are going to start by asking people while wearing shirts promoting said college, then finish by asking people while not wearing the shirts. We predict that people will have a bias by saying yes while we wear the shirts because they won't want to offend us but when we don't wear the shirts they might answer more honestly and respond with no.
Caroline, Cait, Nick and I are going to ask teachers and students about the fairness of the level of homework given at the high school. We will ask an equal amount of both teachers and students (around 30) the same exact question, picking the teachers with a random number generator based on their room numbers. Students will be picked from the cafeteria during lunch. Students will be chosen by picking slips of paper out of a hat and whichever student at the table picks an "x" will be asked to answer the question. As a follow up question we will ask students how many hours of after school activities they have and ask teachers if they teach a higher amount of honors/AP classes vs. CP. We predict that teachers will respond with a higher precent of agreeing that it is fair then students, with AP/Honors teachers responding higher than mostly CP teachers. We also predict students that do more after school will disagree with the fairness of homework than those who do less. The bias would appear because we're asking those giving the homework vs. those who receive it.
Alex, Joey, Juliana and I are going to walk around the lunchroom on two separate days. One day Alex will come with us wearing her cheering uniform and we are going to ask individuals in the lunch room whether they believe cheering is a real sport. The second day we are going to ask the same exact question, but without Alex there. We believe that most everyone will know that Alex is the high school cheer captain, and the answers will extremely differ when she is there wearing her uniform, and when she is not there.
Eman and I are going to go to the mall for our project. Eman will be wearing "gangster" clothing and I will be wearing "girly" clothing. We will stand in the mall with a survey that asks if customers are there Christmas shopping. They can select only "yes" or "no." The goal is to see who gets more customers to take the survey. We think that I will probably get more customers because I will be dressed in a way that we believe more people would find approachable. It will test stereotype.
Sam, Cassandra and I have not yet worked out the details of our project but we are planning on asking a question about wether the increased use of technology is good or bad, creating the bias by posing the question positively or negatively and asking if the person agrees. We also must be weary of who we are asking since there is likely to be a bias based on age and generation. We also can't ask only people from BHS because of the One-to-One Learning Initiative.
Cam, Mike, and I plan on surveying people in the mall, asking if they prefer Vans or Converse. We will ask people in the mall if they prefer Vans or Converse. We will preform one survey while wearing Vans, the classic skate shoe, or converse. Another test will be done where we just ask the simple question with no bias. The goal is to see wether or not people will be biased based on the shoes that we are wearing or the way that we phrase the sentence. We predict that people will be biased based on the shoes that we are wearing. We are also preforming a control by conducting a survey while wearing neither Vans or Converse to see if it gives us a different result.
Our proposal uses locational bias with the hope of obtaining a fun and effective survey. We plan on asking random passer-by-ers if they like TV, when outside of a library, and if they live reading outside of a movie theater. We (Conor, Ryan, and I) predict that there will be a clear bias shown in our data, other than the few obvious contrarians.
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DeleteFor our (Hayley, Becah and I) project we are going to show people passing by a picture of a popular food item they would want to eat such as a hamburger, ice cream sunday or donut. We will have two pictures. The first one will just be a picture of the food and the second picture will have the nutritional facts listed. The nutritional facts will show that the food item is not very healthy. Before the person knows the nutritional information we will ask them if they would eat the food then after showing them the food is not healthy and is bad for them we will as the same question except phrasing it by saying "Would you still eat this food?" We predict there will be a bias in our data due to the difference in the pictures/the information provided.
ReplyDeleteTy and I are doing our project on whether people like baseball or lacrosse more. We will ask random people in a public place the simple question of which sport they prefer. For a while, we will wear lacrosse clothing while surveying people. Once we have sufficient data, we will wear baseball shirts and hats, and ask the question to more people. We predict that there will be a bias due to the clothing the interviewers (us) are wearing.
ReplyDeleteCamden, Tasha, Keely and I are going to ask random passer-byers whether or not they would ever attend a certain college. We are going to start by asking people while wearing shirts promoting said college, then finish by asking people while not wearing the shirts. We predict that people will have a bias by saying yes while we wear the shirts because they won't want to offend us but when we don't wear the shirts they might answer more honestly and respond with no.
ReplyDeleteCaroline, Cait, Nick and I are going to ask teachers and students about the fairness of the level of homework given at the high school. We will ask an equal amount of both teachers and students (around 30) the same exact question, picking the teachers with a random number generator based on their room numbers. Students will be picked from the cafeteria during lunch. Students will be chosen by picking slips of paper out of a hat and whichever student at the table picks an "x" will be asked to answer the question. As a follow up question we will ask students how many hours of after school activities they have and ask teachers if they teach a higher amount of honors/AP classes vs. CP. We predict that teachers will respond with a higher precent of agreeing that it is fair then students, with AP/Honors teachers responding higher than mostly CP teachers. We also predict students that do more after school will disagree with the fairness of homework than those who do less. The bias would appear because we're asking those giving the homework vs. those who receive it.
ReplyDeleteAlex, Joey, Juliana and I are going to walk around the lunchroom on two separate days. One day Alex will come with us wearing her cheering uniform and we are going to ask individuals in the lunch room whether they believe cheering is a real sport. The second day we are going to ask the same exact question, but without Alex there. We believe that most everyone will know that Alex is the high school cheer captain, and the answers will extremely differ when she is there wearing her uniform, and when she is not there.
ReplyDeleteEman and I are going to go to the mall for our project. Eman will be wearing "gangster" clothing and I will be wearing "girly" clothing. We will stand in the mall with a survey that asks if customers are there Christmas shopping. They can select only "yes" or "no." The goal is to see who gets more customers to take the survey. We think that I will probably get more customers because I will be dressed in a way that we believe more people would find approachable. It will test stereotype.
ReplyDeleteSam, Cassandra and I have not yet worked out the details of our project but we are planning on asking a question about wether the increased use of technology is good or bad, creating the bias by posing the question positively or negatively and asking if the person agrees. We also must be weary of who we are asking since there is likely to be a bias based on age and generation. We also can't ask only people from BHS because of the One-to-One Learning Initiative.
ReplyDeleteCam, Mike, and I plan on surveying people in the mall, asking if they prefer Vans or Converse. We will ask people in the mall if they prefer Vans or Converse. We will preform one survey while wearing Vans, the classic skate shoe, or converse. Another test will be done where we just ask the simple question with no bias. The goal is to see wether or not people will be biased based on the shoes that we are wearing or the way that we phrase the sentence. We predict that people will be biased based on the shoes that we are wearing. We are also preforming a control by conducting a survey while wearing neither Vans or Converse to see if it gives us a different result.
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