Data

=Data- Team Activity=

As a team, respond to questions on page 232 Box 11.2 of O'Leary. Post your responses on the course wiki. Question: are we responding to these questions in relation to our project? For now, that is what I am going to do. GM I'm also attaching the graded SPP4 for reference - looking for that makes me mental. http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=d8s7rb2_56fvpk2bcc I guess my question was, can we even do all of this before we finish collecting/collating the survey information? LE OK I threw out some stuff to think about for each question, please don't let them be the "Final Answers." hehe LG




Do American consumers who desire to practice a green lifestyle choose environmentally friendly cleaning products? A supporting question would be do factors such as cost or greenwashing contribute to decisions to purchase environmentally friendly cleaning products

Due: BCC (March 24th)

· What do I expect to find i.e. will my hypothesis bear out? I think we'll find that even though people say they are green, they don't buy green for cleaning. I think greenwashing & price factors will be the reasons for this. GM I think it's going to be due to cost and lack of marketing. LG I agree with these answers. I think we will find that cost has a lot to do with it. (SC) · What don't I expect to find, and how can I look for it? This has GOT to be a trick question LOL. LG I think our questions are right on track with our objectives, so I expect to find all the information we need for our research question. I guess I don't expect to get more in depth information about consumers reactions to trying to go green (i.e. personal experiences, etc), which could be collected through interviews or open-ended surveys. I don't know that this information is pertinent to our research question though. (SC) Not sure if this is the right place to explain this, but I think maybe the economy affects green decisions. Is it cheaper to be non-green alternatives/ GM <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 220);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Can my findings be interpreted in alternate ways? What are the implications? Looks like people are concerned about environment but are not making those kinds of purchases. LG <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 220);">I don't expect to find the same info from Tallahassee consumers that I would find from consumers in more urban areas (no offense Lea Ann!!) GM <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**Questions related to research questions, aims and objectives:** ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How should I treat my data in order to best address my research questions? <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Need to organize findings by reasons why green purchases are not happening LG <span style="color: rgb(63, 23, 196);">I think we did a good job organizing the questions to match up with the research questions, so that prework should help us out as we analyze the data. We need to assign weights to some of the attitudinal information. GM ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">  <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How do my findings relate to my research questions, aims and objectives? <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I think they relate, we are seeing reasons why they don't buy green cleaning products. LG <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">I agree with this answer. SC <span style="color: rgb(74, 39, 236);">Me too GM ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">  <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Are my findings confirming my theories? How? Why? Why not? <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I think they are, people are not buying for the reasons we suggested. LG <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">I think we need to analyze the data more to know this. We will have to look at the outcome of the analysis and interpretations to know if our findings are confirming our theories. (SC) <span style="color: rgb(67, 77, 239);">I agree with Sarah. ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Does my theory inform/help to explain my findings? In what ways? <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Yes, we are seeing what causes them not to buy the products. LG <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">Again, I think we need to analyze the findings more before we can answer this. (SC) <span style="color: rgb(56, 27, 222);">I agree - most of these questions should be answered AFTER we analyze the research GM ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">  <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Can my unexpected findings link with alternative theories? <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I dont' think we have unexpected findings, to be honest. LG I agree. I think our findings will match our hypothesis. SC <span style="color: rgb(51, 28, 227);">I agree. GM ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">  <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Have my methods of data collection and/or analysis colored my results? If so, in what ways? <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">One could rationalize that fact that all the respondents have access to email, but I think we covered that bias in defining our population as people living green and I would say (although no factual data to back it up) that people that live this lifestyle tend to be more connected electronically. Maybe we could find some data to back this up, LG <span style="color: rgb(92, 67, 229);">I don't think it has. I'd like to have had a test run of the instrument we used to get feedback. GM ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How might my methodological shortcomings be affected by my findings? <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">A majority of the respondents work in the university setting, however, only half of the invitees responded, so that shows there are people in academia that are not living the green lifestyle. LG Do we want to go here? :-)
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