HW - 2/25/13

Just a reminder to continue working on your final drafts of the Food Choice Investigation paper as they are due in class on Wednesday.

HW - 2/22/13

This weekend's homework is to complete the drafting of your Discussion section by writing about the applications of your findings and developing questions for future investigations.

Applications of your findings

·         What can people (ex. consumers, lawmakers, health care professionals, educators, etc.) do with your findings?

·         Do your findings affect you as an eater and/or the advice that you would give your classmates/friends/family?

Questions for future investigations

·         What lingering questions do you have about your topic?

o   How would you go about answering them?

·         What new questions do you have about your topic?

o   How would you go about answering them?

The final draft of your paper is due in class on Wednesday, February 27.

HW - 2/21/13

Tonight's homework is to complete your write-up of the limitations of your project.

When looking at the three questions you analyzed, think about...

- the wording... was the question leading or unclear?
- your survey population... to whom do your results apply? What populations/generalizations are outside the scope of your project?

HW - 2/20/13

Tonight's homework is to complete the draft of your conclusions (ie. the answer(s) to your question and the evaluation of your hypothesis). Whenever possible, be sure to support any and all conclusions with specific references to your data/calculations.

You can set your conclusions up however you would like, but if you are looking for inspiration...

• The answer to the investigative question (________________) was..
• This conclusion was supported by...
• The thesis was supported/refuted because...

HW - 2/15/13

This weekend's homework is to complete Assignment 2 and analyze the results of your survey.

Look over your survey and for each relevant question:

• -        Code the responses
• -        Run a basic statistical analysis – determine the most useful statistics that you can like mean, mode, median, standard deviation, frequencies, range, maximum, minimum, Q1 and Q3
• -        Make inferences based on your analysis – ie. what is the data telling you?

Based on your analyses of the class surveys, carry out the following:

• -        create visual representations of the data from the question you studied (ex. a graph)
• -        draw conclusions about the food choices or eating behaviors of your subjects
• osupport this conclusion by referring to specific pieces of data, calculations, statistical analyses, etc.

Think about how your methods of investigation influenced your results?

• -        Are there examples where you feel the way that you asked a question have a meaningful influence on the responses? Support your answer.
• -        Are there examples where who you asked had a meaningful influence on the responses? Support your answer.

HW - 2/14/13

Tonight's homework is to complete the draft of your introduction and the distribution of your survey. Both are due in class tomorrow.

Introduction Checklist

• Does your introduction discuss the significance of your topic/question?
• Do you clearly describe information and/or vocabulary necessary to understand your topic?
• Do you incorporate statistics and/or findings from research projects related to your question?
• Do you have 3 references including at least one scholarly article?
• Does each reference contain an APA or MLA style citation?
• Do you explain the purpose of your project?
• DID YOU PROOFREAD?