Survey Project
Survey Requirements • A title for your survey • Theme Topic (Cell Phone, Computer, Social Networking, etc.) • 10 questions related to your topic • Purpose for survey (Why do you want to know the answers to the questions you ask?) • Remember questions should not collect any personal information. (name, address, phone number, etc.) • Limit your Yes/No questions to 3 or 4.
Topics to Choose From • Cell Phone Use • Cell Phone Ownership • Computer Use • Computer Ownership • Social Networking Websites • Digital Cameras • Google Apps • iPod Use • iPod Ownership • Video Game Programs • Video Game Consoles • TV Viewing • YouTube • School Website • Websites • eReaders and Books (Kindle, iPad) • iPad Use • iPad Ownership • Technology & Homework - distraction or help
Possible Survey Topic Ideas • The topic of your Investigation must relate to technology. • Possible Topics could include: • Investigate the use of technology by people. • How much time do they spend using certain technologies? • Where do they use it? • Who else uses it? • Investigate the importance of specific technologies. • What technologies do people think are the most important? • Do people prefer one technology over another? • What technologies do people rely on the most? • Investigate patterns in technology. • At what age do people start using certain technologies? • How do people advance (upgrade) from one technology to another? • Investigate what aspects of people’s lives involve technology? • Where do people use certain technologies? • What do they use these technologies for?
Sample Questions • http://techteam7-1.pbworks.com/w/page/21080721/Survey%20Sample%20Questions
Hypothesis Statement • Make an association between two or more facts collected from your survey. Form a Hypothesis: • For example: • I hope to see if "the location of a computer in the house determines what people use it for." • The purpose of my survey is to see if "people with full QWERTY keyboards on their phones text more than people without full keyboards" • I would like to see if "the people who play sports tend to use certain types of technology less often."
Sample Questions Project 1 – Cell Phone Use • Boy vs. Girl • Type of Phone (Flip, Touch, Slide, Other) • Cell Phone Use (Play Games, Text, Call, Other) • Distracting to Homework (Yes or No) • Use More (Computer or Cell Phone) • Text or Be with Friends
Project 2 – Cell Phone Use and Parental Restrictions • Boy vs. Girl • Brand of Phone (LG, Samsung, Nokia, Smartphone, iPhone, other) • Text Messages (Parents Read or No) • Email messages (Parents read or no) • Time to Text (After school, on the weekends, never, during school) • When to Get Phone (Age 9, 10, 11, 12 or other) • How many contacts do you have on your phone( number or none)
Project 3 – Social Networking Sites • What do you use the most? (Texting, social sites, email, talking on the phone) • What is your opinion on social sites? (Fun, boring, waste of time) • What do you use the most? (Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, I don’t go on) • When do you go on social sites? (Morning, afternoon, night, weekends, all of the above, never • Do you get distracted during homework because of sites? • About how many minutes a day do you go on a social site? 10, 30 minutes, 1-2 hours, 2 hours or more, never • If you aren’t a member on a site, which would you rather a member on? • How much time do you spend on your computer? 1 hour or less, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4 or more, never • At what grade did you become a member on a social site? • Do you text on a phone more than you talk on a social site?
Survey Questions Worksheet • Using the Survey worksheet, fill in with your partner. • You should come up with the following things: • Topic • Hypothesis • Questions to Ask • Should be mostly multiple choice
