Our group has come up with a very unique idea for a survey. Most of the idea we came up with at first revolve around the political situation in the state. Given the prevalence of TV commercials around the recall elections this is not surprising. However after talking about it we all wanted to do something less obvious (maybe we were all just tied of the political fighting). In the end we came up with a survey around which is better, Harry Potter or the Lord of the Rings. Although this seems like a frivolous topic, it is actually one which might have a big impact in the classroom. These two series have been some of the biggest grossing movies in the past decade. Understanding the preferences of a group might help a teacher to make a class more interesting. It might also give some insight into what people value more, characters or plot, and show some differences by age or gender.
We developed the questions for our survey in the group, making sure to keep them as unbiased as possible. We then created the survey in Google Docs and distributed the link to as many people as possible. We have received a total of 41 responses, and we found some very interesting trends in the data. The next step will be to compile a report that summarizes the findings.
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