May+10

Homework:

There will be two on-going assignments. Please make sure ALL group members contribute to these assignments.

1) Research Findings - Everything about the research you have done for this project in one file. (like a big research report) 2) Action Plan - A formal proposal as to what you WILL be doing BASED on the data you collected.


 * Research Findings,**

You posed 5 research questions. These questions should have already been answered in paragraph form. Use direct quotations when you can to support your answers. Please remember to SAVE ALL YOUR SOURCES and to give credit to original authors.
 * Part 1. Your 5 Research Questions**

In paragraph form, summarize what your interview results were. What was the general feeling of those people you interviewed? Did the conclusions taken from the interview surprise your group? Did the results support your initial belief or did it show something else?
 * Part 2. Interviews**

Please also select at least 3 important quotes from the interview that really support your research. (you may do more than three but no more that six)

ALL in paragraph form. //1. Process// Discuss how your group came up with your questions and distributed them to the PAS community. How many did you guys send out? How many did you guys expect back? How did you guys collect it? (Think how you guys wrote the "Fruit Smoothie" essay)
 * Part 3. Poll Findings**

//2. Results of the Poll// In paragraph form please discuss the results of your poll. Create a bar graph of your results and discuss the results of either median or mode OR both. (In this paragraph please do not infer what the data means yet. Just write what the bar graph says. For example: **Using the median for a basis for the distributed polls, data was collected and created into a bar graph. For question 1 on the poll 91 participants answered strongly agree to being asked if they enjoyed reading. Conversely, for questions 2, 91 participants selected strongly disagree to being asked if they did not enjoy reading. Following the first two questions, 54 participants stated they were neutral to being asked if they would like more books at PAS....**

//3. Conclusion// This is were you conclude from the data you have collected. This is were you interpret what your data means. **For example: According to questions 1 and 2, it is clear that the PAS community believes they enjoy reading. Questions 3 and 4 asked the community if they thought the PAS library was sufficient for their needs. The PAS community responded with the feeling of neutrality. They did not seem to care much about expanding or improving the library.**

//4. Does this conclusion support your decision to act?// Based on your conclusions, what do you think the school cares about? Do their views support those of your own and that of your project?

ACTION PLAN (also in paragraph form)

1) Identify your target audience and explain why you chose this particular group as an audience. 2) What do you PLAN to do? - What is it that you guys would like to do? (What you guys can do is something small in the HOPES for something bigger) 3) What do you hope to achieve? (What you hope to achieve is something bigger than what you are doing. For example: We plan do organize a book drive but we hope to begin the process of bettering our school's library and every student's resolve to read. 4) Who do you need to get into contact to create this change? (who do you need to contact in order to set up meeting times or to set up presentation times?)