Classroom Survey

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It’s the beginning of the year and, not only do you want students to get to know each other, you want them to get started with data analysis. You decide to conduct a survey.

When making a survey it’s helpful to start with an investigative purpose rather than a laundry list of questions. In the classroom you might brainstorm conjectures students would be interested in testing. In this tutorial, we’ll design the survey to test the conjecture that girls spend more time on the telephone and boys spend more time watching TV.

To take this tutorial, you need

•the Fathom Surveys software extension on your computer

•internet access

•a teacher account at the Fathom Surveys website. Your subscription administrator can email you information about how to create one.

•to have taken the Ethics of Classroom Surveys online tutorial

•Optional: a student account that students can use to take surveys (see Add Student Users for directions)

Subsections

Making the Survey

A First Look at the Survey

Modifying the Survey

Taking the Survey

Getting the Data as the Survey Maker

Getting the Data as a Survey Taker