- Choose people in 2 age categories (10-30 years and 60-80 years) from classmates, Facebook friends, family, coworkers, etc to participate in a survey
- -Conduct the survey which consists of only one question: . . . . . . What words would you use to describe someone who has mental illness?
- -Record the data: You will need 25 different vocabulary words from each group. Start with one person in the 10-30 age group and go down the list until you have collected 25 words; then, repeat for the 60-80 age group.
- -Organize the data
- Go down through each group’s vocabulary list: place a plus (+) sign in front of the positive words, and a minus (-) sign in front of the negative words
- Count up the positive words and then count up the negative words for each group
- -Analyze the results by making graph(s). To review graphs go to:
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx (Links to an external site.) - -Write paper
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- Intro paragraph — this should be a grabber and make the reader want to read your “compare and contrast” paper on attitudes toward mental illness
- Transition paragraph
- Methods (describe how you identified your audience and gathered info)
- Analysis – compose graph (include n= {number of persons])
- Discuss results (explain the graph)
- Share insights – what did you learn from this?
- Summarize and give implications