Ms. Gokturk

Journalism

Implications of the Survey Paper

THE SITUATION:

You’ve done the research, you’ve completed the survey, and you’ve meticulously counted it all up. Now what? Write a paper, of course! Take out all of your materials (your shell, your survey results, your surveys, and your notes). Be sure to have these with you every day from here on out.

PART I.

Open a copy of your survey and SAVE AS “implications” or something to that description. Write an introduction that addresses the following questions:

1. Was I surprised by the survey results in comparison to my research? Why or why not?
2. What trend(s) do I see at Schreiber and how do they compare to my research findings? In other words, how do the trends at Schreiber compare to the facts I found for my shell?
3. What is important about my findings that would be interesting for others to read about? Consider your audience being the Schreiber/Port community.
4. What’s your opinion? You are allowed to let your emotions out here.

PART II.

Turn your survey results into narrative and illustrations.

1. For ALL questions, write a narrative response to your tallies, explaining the significance of the numbers. Note any troubles in the survey process or your questions or anything unusual.
2. For each QUANTITATIVE question result, create a pie chart, a bar graph OR a table that best illustrates your tallies.
3. For each QUALITATIVE question, type out the responses using quotes. Provide complete attribution (name/age/grade/gender) when possible. This is a bulleted list.

PART III.

Print a copy of your paper and submit to me at the start of class on Thursday, January 8, where we will be back in 123. Have all your materials with you as we will begin the last research phase of the project.