Thursday, March 28, 2013

Research memo
Hypothesis: In my survey I hope to find out how many people know about concussions and who has had them. The target population I will survey is high school students mainly male. I believe that the male students that have had a concussion might know more information.
Context: My target audience were mostly consisting of male high school students. I choose them because they play sports like football. Through pilot testing I discovered that more people do think protecting your head in football is important. I think the responses I got were valid because there were not any opinionated questions mostly yes and no answers.
Results: Summary 
1. On a scale of 1to 10 how important do you think preventing concussions are?

1
0
0%
2
0
0%
3
0
0%
4
0
0%
5
0
0%
6
1
13%
7
1
13%
8
1
13%
9
1
13%
10
4
50%
People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.


Have you ever played football as a school sport?
Yes
3
38%
No
5
63%
People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.


Circle your age group.
13-16
7
88%
17-21
1
13%
22-26
0
0%
27-32
0
0%
33+
0
0%
People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

Do you think football is a dangerous sport? Yes or no If yes why?
well yes alittle but not alot because they have protection gear..!!No. it depends on how its played Yes people constatly hitting each other It can be because you can obviously get a concussion or break a bone yes because of the posible injurys not really but at times it can be no
Check all that apply
Players protecting their head
8
33%
players protecting their arms and legs
6
25%
Players protecting their ribs
8
33%
Other
2
8%
People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.


What side of the field do you play or did play?
Offence
1
25%
Defense
1
25%
Both
2
50%
People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.


What is your association with football?check all that apply
Coach
0
0%
Player
3
38%
Parent of a Player
0
0%
Brother of a player
0
0%
Sister of a player
2
25%
Cheerleader
0
0%
Other
3
38%
People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.


Are you male or female?
Male
4
50%
Female
4
50%
People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.


Have you ever suffered a concussion?
YES
2
25%
NO
6
75%
People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.
Number of daily responses


Data Analysis: I found that on a scale from one to ten most people who took my survey think that preventing a concussion is a ten. I also found out that most the people who took my survey did not have an concussion, but they were related to someone who played football. I also found out that most people who took my survey did think foot ball was a dangerous sport, but not because of the possibility of a concussion but because of other injuries that could happen. Others said is was safe because of protective gear
Conclusions: I was correct in my hypothesis when saying people are not informed of how a concussion can affect a person. Also people who had them did have a little more information on it.
Follow up: From her I choose to get more information on Concussions and inform people on how

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