Each group will have one of the following surveys situations to discuss:

 group 1: why do fans like the team they prefer?

 group 2: what’s the amount of alcohol consumption among underage UM students?

 group 3: what do Americans really know about the rest of the world?

 group 4: why do students volunteer to do community service?

 group 5: how much do people know about music?

 group 6: what’s the relationship between knowing about politicians and voting

 group 7: do older or younger women know more about the risks of heart disease?

 Be prepared to present your suggestions or advice to the rest of the class in 20 mins.

If you think the proposed survey is unworkable, suggest an alternative that you think is more appropriate but similar in terms of the area of interest/topic

 Remember to consider as many of the following as apply:

1.      is the research question clear? will a survey answer this question? if not, how should it be modified?

2.      what are the variables? what issues of defining the variables must the researcher consider?

3.      what should the sample population be? who must the researcher be sure to include in order to answer the question? i.e. what demographic data should the researcher include in the survey?

4.      what’s the best form for the questions this survey will ask? compose one or two possible survey questions

5.      what problems do you anticipate with these questions? what issues arose as you tried to compose them?

6.      how much time do you think this survey will take to conduct? what do you think would be the best procedures? how many respondents do you think you should have?

7.      what ethical concerns arise with the proposed survey?