HW - 2/13/13

Tonight's homework is to continue working on your introductions and continue distributing the surveys. Both are due in class on Friday.

From Sophia...

Tell the FDA - Don't approve GMO salmon!

2/12/13 - In Class and HW

Your task is continue working on your introduction which will be submitted on Friday. Your complete data set is also due on Friday.

Useful Resources

Individual and environmental influences on adolescent eating behaviors
Amber Waves

Remember that ProQuest can be accessed using the login 79-101057 at school and 79-101057REMOTE outside of school.

HW - 2/11/13

Tonight's homework is to draft a detailed outline for your introduction. This outline should include:

- a hook/the significance of your topic
- background information that the reading would need to understand your topic/project
- research in the topic including statistics and references
- the purpose of your paper/survey
- your thesis

In Class and HW - 2/8/13

The links below access the collected surveys given in class on the first day of the semester. Use them to practice your data analysis skills and learn more to help you answer your question.

Front Side of Class Survey

Back Side of Class Survey

Your assignment is to peruse the survey and look for questions of interest (ideally ones related to your survey’s topic). Focus on two questions and then:

•  Code the responses
•  Run a basic statistical analysis – try calculate the mean, mode, median, standard deviation, etc. NOTE: not all of the questions lend themselves to calculating mean, SD, or median so just do the best that you can. Frequencies and mode can definitely be determined for even fully qualitative answers.
•  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 a visual representation of the data from the question you studied (ex. a graph)
•  draw a conclusion about the food choices or eating behaviors of School of the Future seniors enrolled in Food Science
• support this conclusion by referring to specific pieces of data, calculations, statistical analyses, etc.

Carry out this process twice. 

HW - 2/7/13

Tonight's homework is to complete the revisions of your survey so that it can be turned in and distributed. Your completed data set (and all of the surveys) is due in class on Friday, February 15.

HW - 2/6/13

Tonight's homework is to continue your research on your topic to make progress on your introduction.