The Relationship between Workouts and Quarantine blog post #2
- River Lively
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min read
I sent out a survey to all of the Westwood high school students. I have so far received 21 responses. One of the challenges I've faced is learning how to use google forms, I realized after I started receiving replies that because I sent the form to all grades at the same time I would have to count and calculate the average choice of each grade individually. However my initial hypothesis that quarantine led to an uptick in personal fitness and betterment seems to be true, so far the vast majority of people have answered that they have worked out more during quarantine.
So, I'm wondering how you're going to translate your survey results into a website project. If you haven't already considered it, I have a two ideas you may be interested in:
-a graph of the results (or even a few: a pie chart plus a bar graph so that readers have a few angles from which to understand your data)
-a paragraph of text disclaiming your survey: describe who was surveyed and what elements may have influenced your results. for example, Westwood is a private school, so the students who attend are (mostly) from a wealthier demographic. This changes our access to many things: time, space, Internet, equipment, etc. you may also want to discuss how working out is in…