This assignment is divided into 3 parts. Part 1 is due this week which is as follow.
Over the course of the next three weeks you will conduct a public opinion survey and interview. The situation is as follows: You are graduating at the end of the year and have been applying to work in the news, media and reporting industries. One newspaper – The Saturn News – is interested but have requested you write a piece for them on what it is like to be a college student today. For this piece they are asking you to poll 8 college students and interview 2 college students on a sensitive topic impacting college students.
Some context on public opinion pieces:
1. Who Was Interviewed? Generally speaking, the accuracy of a poll depends upon the degree to which the characteristics of the people being interviewed is really similar to those of the group they are supposed to represent. For example, the polling of sixteen-year-olds to predict the outcome of an election would be very questionable since they cannot vote.
Also, as a general rule, the greater the number of people interviewed, the more likely the prediction will be accurate.
Those interviewed should have been selected in a random fashion.
2. Under What Conditions Were The Interviews Conducted? Generally speaking, unclear, biased, or emotionally charged questions will produce misleading answers and weaken the accuracy of the results of a poll.
Also, if the people being polled are asked to choose from a given set of responses in answering a question, there must be an acceptable number of alternatives from which to choose.
Think about how you will frame the issue to avoid any potential for bias.
BUILDING YOUR POLL
Although you probably don’t have the means to conduct a scientific opinion poll, you can take an informal poll. It can help you learn what people in your school or community think about your chosen topic. There are three steps to conducting a public opinion poll:
1. Create a Public opinion poll
2. Select the Population and Sample
3. Conduct the Public opinion poll
PUBLIC INTERVIEW
For this project you will be interview two separate college students.
In step 1 I need the following materials:
1. Chosen topic and why. What would you like to know about college students? (4 points)
2. Briefly describe how you will conduct the study. (4 points)
3. Create your poll – with at least 10 questions and your introduction explaining why the study is happening (Creating context for the people being surveyed). Not included in your 10 questions ask biographical information that may be helpful – gender, age, school, major etc. If these are relevant to your topic. (6 points)
4. Create your interview schedule – with at least 10 questions and an introduction. These questions will be similar to the poll, but will allow for greater depth of responses. (6 points)
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