Emma and I were hoping for at least 75 people to participate in our survey and the turn out is incredible. Within one week we have hit 136 people. I have been sorting through the results and there is a sad amount of obviously fake results. It decreases our drive to reach our final result knowing they have been tampered with. However, we have had some very interesting responses that are, in fact, true. It makes me wonder if the people taking the survey misinterpreted the definition of controversial. I hope that as we delve deeper into our studies we can discover more about these answers. I would like to reach out to some of the survey takers and interview them on their responses. I would mainly interview family friends who I know took it.
I think that we are right on schedule for what we set to do in the beginning. We had a few interactions with people that really just put a cloud of gloom over my head the first day. I am excited to see how far we can get, even after the jerks in the Viking Union. I feel like if we aren’t interviewing people that don’t care or know about the subject we won’t really get anywhere with the research. When I reached out to a friend, they were literally no help at all. They had no idea that books we read as children were so highly challenged and that was very frustrating. I am excited to put together all the pieces of our research that we’ve collected. Even if it’s not the results we were looking for the answer we get will still be very intriguing. This has been a topic I have been interested in for a long time, the fact that I get to research it is very satisfying.
Boo for fake responses!
I know it is frustrating, but let this inform your research–this may lead to new questions to ask…why are people reacting this way? Most likely you will not be able to answer these questions in the scope of your project, but it is a way this research can enter the wider conversation.