ESY Day 5
In preparation for your group projects, we want you to start thinking about where you are going to get your information from and what the data actually means.
Newspapers, television shows, magazines, journals and other media often include surveys and statistics in their reports. In these reports, you might get a little information about the statistics or a lot of information. Questions such as, "How many people did you survey?" get answered in some places and not in others.
Your job is to investigate what type of information is given in different surveys. Find examples where practically all the information is revealed, examples where so little information is given that you might question the survey's results, and situations in between.
Some places you can find such statistics include:
Washington Post Poll Archive
Associated Press Polls
CNN
Gallup Polls
Your assignment over the weekend is to:
1. Copy/Paste a link to the survey you're describing into the comment box.
2. Comment in detail (2 paragraphs) on at least one of the surveys that you find. Indicate what strengths and weakness of the survey are.
3. Think about your current project and answer this question: What information should an article present about a survey in order for the results to influence your opinion and strengthen the content of your project.
*Remember to identify who you are by including your full name in each post.*
*Full credit will only be given to those who write their names.*
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ReplyDeleteNicole Moore
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gallup.com/poll/147785/Support-Legal-Gay-Relations-Hits-New-High.aspx?ref=more
2) The link above included many surveys relating to legal support for same sex relations. Each survey included a different set of information still correlating to the topic. I think each graph was strong and displayed the information well. They were clear to understand, had titles, captions and qualitative information explaining what was being shown. In total, 1,018 people at random were surveyed impartialy therefore it was enough people to make a firm decision. The responses were candid and I dont think the graphs had any weak points.
3)State the information that you want to capture, the information that supports your stance and something persuasive to lure survey takers in to having a solid response.
1)http://www.gallup.com/poll/137357/Four-Moral-Issues-Sharply-Divide-Americans.aspx
ReplyDelete2)this link shows 3 diffrent surveys on whats moraly acceptable and whats moraly wrong. the first chart is a general survey the secound is on political veiws the third is by gender. this articles surveys have an extremly wide range which seems to cover any random person, in total 1029 people took the survey 18 and older.
3 )the article should have a an emotional connection, to draw people into the topic and to really get them to think. the information has to be presentable in a clear positive manor, your more likly to get the postivie responce you want.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/polling/split-decision-supreme-court-health-care/2012/07/03/gJQAHwQDKW_page.html
ReplyDeleteThe poll is very vague. It seems that people are split either for or against Obamacare. The specifics have not been laid out yet. I think people are confused and scared about it. You can't force people to buy health insurance if they can't afford it. They should not be penalized if they can't afford it.
My Uncle is getting ready to retire. He will have to pay one thousand dollars a month for health insurance. He is not sure how Obama care will affect him. People with health insurance already don't know if they will have to pay higher premiums or co-payments. There are a lot of unanswered questions.
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An article should present all of the facts. It should detail pros and cons of the subject in question. This way people can make better decisions. Angelo Lucatorto
-Tatiyanna Islar
ReplyDelete1) http://www.foodsafetynews.com
2) The link above consists of a survey that the strengths are supported by the statistics retrieved from the 3,017 people that were given a telephone poll .The findings for how many people experienced issues with food safety are greaten numbers mostly due to the socio-economic issue that now plague America as a whole. People are eating more fast foods than homemade meals which gives someoneelse the power to control the safety measure needed to prepare food.
This poll weekness falls in that through all of the people contacted other polling measure to compare infomation obtain would have been a more convincing argument if food safety.This article also lacks the information about what company these people are consuming & how many are trying to do something about it .
3) An article should consist of the pros & cons of the companies & the food people are consuming .Are the products really fresh ? Are the animals given Hormonal Growth Boosts before butchured ? These articals should provide more detailed information to allow "Us" The People know what it is & where exactly the food that we're buying come from .
1) http://www.gallup.com/poll/154634/Acceptance-Gay-Lesbian-Relations-New-Normal.aspx
ReplyDelete2) The link above consits of 5 surveys taken. The first is taken from 2001-current time. It asks people if they believe that gay and lesbian realtionships are morally right or wrong. The information in the data suggests that it was even. The data is great because it is the publics opinion on the matter. On the other hand it's not such a great source because it is too close to use as a main source of data.
The third source of data is one of the best on the page. It starts in 1977-current day. It asks if you think gay and lesbian relationships should be or not legal. The amount of people who think it should be legal exceeds those who don't. It' a good moral question and source of data.
3) A good article should consist of a few things. One would be data that supports your cause. It should be clear to read and understand. There should also be data that does influence your cause but has opinions that are against your topic. That makes a good article.
Harley Ryan
1)http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/facts/drugsalcohol/?utm_campaign=paid-search&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_content=alcohol&gclid=CPT7sOSLnLECFUgQNAod2GrUeA
ReplyDelete2)There are many different reasons why this is a strong source of information. This is a strong source of information because it was posted there by the city. Above the influence is also in most places we look. It's on bus stops and its also on TV commercials.
3)An article that would be strong to my topic would be a survey that conveys all the facts for teen drinking. With this website, I believe i have a strong source of information to start being an activist towards this topic.
-Michael O'Leary
1.http://www.gallup.com/poll/155486/Unadjusted-Unemployment-Unchanged-June.aspx
ReplyDelete2. This survey shows the number of people they surveyed and how they surveyed them. It also has 4 graphs to show unemployment rates , people looking for a job , and people working part time jobs. It also has a wide range of people they surveyed such as teens to seniors. They also have tables and charts with them showing that they surveyed different races , ages , and genders.
3. It should be a topic that I must be interested in and it must have a decent amount of people being surveyed. It should also have a lot of details. I would also be interested in graphs and tables to make it simpler to understand what they are talking about.
Malike Richards
ReplyDelete1)http://www.gallup.com/poll/127559/Education-Trumps-Gender-Predicting-Support-Abortion.aspx
2)This link shows 5 surveys on abortion from 1975 to 2009 the first one is on female abortion while still in school the second and third is on abortion should be "legal only under certain circumstances and fourth and fifth is the same as the first and second support for legal abortion in all circumstances among female college graduates has been about 10 percentage points greater than that among male college graduates
3)An article should have graphs of how much females had an abortion between ages and how much took the surveys and explain the experience going through an abortion
1. http://surveys.ap.org/data%5CGfK%5CAP-GfK%20Poll%20June%202012%20Topline%20FINAL_HIV.pdf
ReplyDelete2. The link of the survey above consist of people about HIVs. There is just many surveys. One survey consist of people if they are extremely worried, worried, not too worried, not at all worried, or dont know. Worried about getting cancer, having Alzheimers or dementia, having a heart attack, becoming infected with HIVs and diabetes. The other surveys are about like have you been tested for HIV for yourself, and then its a yes or no question. This survey also ask like personal stuff like do you consider yourself christian or not or your nationality.
3. It should be something that people would be drawn to. Something that would make the people be like okay, maybe we need to do something about this. I would put a lot of details and surveys, graphs so people know would know what im talking about so it wont look like a bunch of words just jumbled together.
- Alexandria R. Kishore
1.- http://www.gallup.com/tag/Immigration.aspx
ReplyDelete2. the link above speaks about immigration. it speaks about why they migrate and other reasons. such as finding jobs and o have a better life in America. it also speaks about healthcare with is a huge issue now a days. not just for immagrants but for Americans also. it tells the amount of people that say they would like to move to the US. And many more important facts about immigration.
3. the article should include good informaation that would keep me as a reader interested. it also should include true details and maybe some graphs or pictures.
- SYTERIA PERMINTER
Molita Mclean
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gallup.com/poll/155210/Americans-Positive-Immigration.aspx
2) The Survey above is basically telling Americans More Positive About Immigration. The survey asked do you think immigration is good or bad for this country ? Barack Obama the President of the United States made a decision not to deport young people who are immigrates. I think the survey is a good survey and every year that they ask about it the Percent of it gets higher.
which is a good thing which means people are changing there minds. I did not find anything wrong with this survey i think the person actually got what they was looking for and what other people would think. They made a change that would affect hundreds of thousands of people.
3) Tell your lots of information. The information they give you they have proof and to back it up. Maybe even some surveys and charts.Information to make people want to change their minds.
Malik Pierrot
ReplyDelete1. http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1870&gclid=CMG5yNWTnbECFQff4Aodq3Iafg
2. The Website above talks about animals cruelty and how should people be punish severely if they get caught or arrested for that . All animals should not be deprived of their rights their just like humans in a way so they should be treated fairly . also on this website a petition is available to sign called the animal bill of rights. This petition help save animals from abuse and other situations when their being mistreated. The basic legal rights also had rules that should be made into laws such as The Right of animals to be free from exploitation, cruelty, neglect, and abuse.I'm happy i found this website its helping me find so much information for my project.
3. The article needs to go with what your saying meaning whatever point your trying to make ,your opinion needs to match.
Mathusan Jeyabalan
ReplyDelete1. http://www.gallup.com/poll/127559/Education-Trumps-Gender-Predicting-Support-Abortion.aspx
2. This link shows 5 different surveys, line graphed. The first graph shows abortions views of education in the years of 1975-2009. The second and third graph shows abortion view among women in the years of 1975-2009. The fourth and fifth graph shows the legality of abortion by education.
The first graph shows college graduates who had an abortion in 1975-2009. The second and third graph shows that some were women and men legal under circumstances.The fourth and fifth graph shows the legality of abortion by education among men and women.
3. Every article should show the facts and information to support it. Also it show the pros, cons, strengths, and weaknesses. It also needs your opinion and information supporting it. Give as much true infromation to back up on what the point is.
Basil Kuriakose
ReplyDelete1) http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/basics/today/greenhouse-gases.html
2) The link above is organized by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency. Our group has planned to do our project on Greenhouse Gases, which is one of the major environmental concerns in our planet. I chose this link because it's source is from a United States federal government's agency and the date shown will most likely be accurate to reality. The data shown major Greenhouse gases's in our environment and it's sources of the United States and emissions of greenhouse gases around the world.
The strength of the is data is that it is giving lots of information about the causes of Air pollution in our planet. Such as the major gases from people's actives like Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Nitrogenous etc..One weakness of this data is that the information is from 1990 to 2005, it has been about 7 year since and there has been a lot of changes in greenhouse gases.
3) As we learned in math, we can use statistics and data to mislead other into agreeing with your opinion. I believe when we are presenting our caused, we can show facts into our favor. In order to attract people in to your cause, it should have some connection with them in order to lure them into your ways.
3) causes*
Deletehttp://www.gallup.com/poll/155711/Young-Voters-Turnout-Intentions-Lagging.aspx
ReplyDeletethe link above consist of 3 surveys.the first survey is about only 58% of u.s. registered voter from ages 18-29 say they will deffinitly vote. That 58% is well under the national average of 78%.the second survey is about people most likely to vote that are 18-29 yrs of age and all registered voters, june vs october, elections 2004-08. the third survey was about people deffinitly going to vote 2004-2012 elections ,by race
the survey should of included graphs of the voting percentage
1)http://www.gallup.com/poll/155258/Confidence-Public-Schools-New-Low.aspx
ReplyDelete2) The link above discusses the new levels of low confidence in public schools. It states that in the united states confidence levels are down 5%. Only 29% of students express high confidence levels. The graph is very strong. It displays qualitative as well as quantitative information.
The graph shows a lot of statistics about the confidence levels of different groups since 1978. They surveyed the military, the police, students etc. One weakness i find in the graph is their method of measuring confidence levels. They just asked people to scale their level of confidence. I think a questionnaire would be a better method.
3) The article needs to match what your topic is, it needs to prove to the prove to the people your are presenting it to that there is strong information behind what your are advocating for.
BRIAN FRANKLYN
Deletehttp://www.gallup.com/poll/147785/Support-Legal-Gay-Relations-Hits-New-High.aspx?ref=more
ReplyDelete2the link above consist of 3 surveys.the first survey is about only 58% of u.s. registered voter from ages 18-29 say they will deffinitly vote. That 58% is well under the national average of 78%.the second survey is about people most likely to vote that are 18-29 yrs of age and all registered voters, june vs october, elections 2004-08. the third survey was about people deffinitly going to vote 2004-2012 elections ,by race
3the survey should of included graphs of the voting percentage
-jeansley