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Political Awareness Questionnaire 1

Running head: Political Awareness Questionnaire

Project # 5Political Awareness Questionnaire

Erika D. StewartSOWK300

Tuskegee UniversityNovember 11, 2011


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Abstract

It has been known that an individual that goes to college to get a higher level of

education usually have a different mentality than others who did not. However, these

individuals have a different perspective of the world and the issues that come about. For

example, trusting the government, social issues, and any issues dealing with the world.

From helping the environment, Abortions, to the real life situations of our country and

where we stand as a whole. The purpose of this paper is to inform individuals on the

affect of college students at Tuskegee University by ones age group, gender category, and

classification.


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I. Description of problem: In the Political Awareness Questionnaire respondents

were asked a series of questions and what one believes to be correct in their life. The

description of problem would just consist of the different responses to the matter at

hand. The respondents were based on classification, sex, and age. The survey also goes

into great detail on where our nation stands as a whole. From political issues and figures

that come to play in decisions individuals make daily. Also this survey touch bases with

social issues that seem to affect our future and current situations that are at a high in this

country.

II. Attributes to be measured: This survey is a questionnaire that several students

participated in. However, the attributes to be measured in this survey is how people

relate in certain areas and disagree in others. For example the different percentages

between men and women and age and classification are being measured throughout

this survey. The Tuskegee University students will be analyzed on what these particular

individuals stand for and believe is correct in the political mindset. From the social issue

of abortion to which political figure does one most admire. The questionnaire brings out

different emotions and vibes that set certain tones among the student. However, I am able

to see where certain age categories and class categories relate and differ at the same time.

III. Hypotheses, expectation: The variables are related causally due to the fact all the

variables are background variables. This survey left me with several expectations. The

Political Awareness Questionnaire deals with univariate, bivariate , and multivariate

tables. Univariate basically is the explanation of the distribution of cases on

only one variable at a time. On the other hand, bivariate and multivariate both deals

with two or more variables. Which are aimed to explanation, and that is an explanation


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of causality. I believe all the variables will be measured differently because all the

respondents all responded in several different ways. I believe that age and certain

maturity levels have an impact on some of the answers to the questions the respondents

replied to in this questionnaire. However, it is known that male and female respondents

usually have different mindset to different political issue that is surrounding the world

today which leads to different emotions that are being seen throughout this project.

IV. Rationale: The variables are related in a manner I predicted due to the fact that

background variables such as age, gender, and classification all are related in a way.

However, with there being a lot of respondents the percentages are going to be similar in

some cases and different in others. The bivariate and multivariate tables show the

difference in class and gender and how more freshman did the survey than other

classes. When it comes to gender the man and women had different percentages with

all the questions asked the women had a higher percentage. I believe that independent

variable will have an impact on the dependent variable and the control variable will

influenced the brivatate relationship between all of the variables seen in the data

presented in this Political Awareness Questionnaire.


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V Results:

Table 1

Age

Age Frequency Percent

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Under 21 44 43.6

21-24 33 32.7

25-40 13 12.9

41-54 7 6.9

55 and over 2 2.0

Table 2

Sex of Respondents

Sex Frequency Percent

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Female 65 64.4

Male 33 32.7

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Table 3

Classification

Class Frequency Percent

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Freshman 16 16.0

Sophomore 29 29.0

Junior 24 24.0

Senior 16 16.0

Graduate Student 12 12.0

Vet Student 3 3.0

Table 4

Public officials dont care much what people like me think.

Responses Frequency Percent

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Agree Strongly 26 25.7

Agree Somewhat 39 38.6

Neither agree nor disagree 19 18.8

Disagree Somewhat 14 13.9

Disagree Strongly 2 2.0


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Table 5

People like me dont have any say about what the government does.


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Table 6

We should be more tolerant of people who choose to live according to their own moral

standard, even if they are very different from our own.


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Table 7

This country would have fewer problems if there were more emphasis on traditional

family ties.


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Table 8

There has been some discussion about abortion during recent years. Which one of the

following opinions best agrees with your view?


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By law abortions never 19 18.8

By law abortions should 15 14.9

The law should permit 21 20.8

By law free choice 39 38.6

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List of Graphs:


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VI Discussions:

This graph is showing the difference between the different age categories. It is seen that

the age category of under 21 were more of the respondents that responded to this political

awareness questionnaire. However, after the under 21 students the 21-24 were more

likely to participate in this survey and aware of what political issues are among the

generation today. The 25-40 and the 41-54 were in the middle with roughly around the

same number of respondents that participated and 55 and over were the lowest

individuals to take the questionnaire.

This graph above is simply showing the gender percentages and out of which respondents

participated in this questionnaire. It is seen that the females were more into the political

awareness questionnaire with a high percentage of 66% and the males has a percentage of

34% which is almost half of what the female respondents responded to in this analysis.


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This classification graph is an analysis of what the students at Tuskegee University

responded as. However, this graph shows which categories of students were involved in

this graph. It is seen that the sophomore students either male or female has the highest

percentage throughout this graph. The junior class was the second class to help

participate in this questionnaire with a percentage of 24%. On the other hand, the other

four class categories had a different percentage ranging from 16% to 3% throughout this

graph .


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The graph above is an example of how many fellow respondents feel toward how

individuals feel against public officials. With a percentage of 38.6 it is seen that more

respondents agree somewhat to the question Public officials dont care much what

people like me think. On the other hand, in second place there was the agree strongly

and most of the respondents were under that category.

It is seen in the above graph that more Tuskegee students believes in the agree somewhat

category. Many students answered to the question people like me dont have any say

about what the government does. Secondly, there is the neither agree nor disagree

category that the students fall under. Although, the agree somewhat and neither agree nor

disagree students have the highest respondents the agree strongly and disagree somewhat

,and disagree strongly all had percentages around the same number ranging from 15.8 %

to 16.8%.


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Over time different individuals have different perspectives and ideas of life. This graph

above is explaining which category had the highest and lowest percentages to this

question. Most of the respondents to this questionnaire had a percent of 34% of

individuals that agree strongly to this question. However, secondly there is the neither

agree nor disagree category with a percent of 25% of respondents that fall under that

particular group.


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The pie chart is simply showing the difference between all the respondents and their

percentages. The agree strongly category has the highest percentage of students that

believes that this country would be a better place if individuals start from their roots and

go by traditional family ties to get through life. The agree some what and agree strongly

has the highest percentages of 33.6% and 29.7% and disagree somewhat and disagree

strongly has the lowest percent ranging from 11.8% to 3.9% during this questionnaire.


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Abortions are a huge social issue that is a factor that is affecting our generation today.

This graph above is an analysis of what is going on in this situation and how individuals

feel about this particular topic. More than half of the respondents fall under the by law

women should have free choice category on the abortion situation. It is known that

America is a free country and individuals have the right to do as one please rather right or

wrong. However, 22.2% of people believe that abortions should be permitted in this

country and about 20% believes that abortions should never be permitted no matter the

situation.


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VII. Summary and Conclusion: In life there are many issues that come about. In this

situation I was able to analyze the fact of Age, Classification, and Sex. The Political

Awareness Questionnaire is a survey that explains what fellow Tuskegee students feel

about the world and the different mindset that each individual personally has. The survey

is showing the trusting concept towards the government and our country base on if one

has an educational level and by ones age and gender to see which individual has the

highest percentages through the survey. All the data that is shown is between the age, sex,

and classification category against all the questions that are seen above. It is seen that the

age category has high percentages in the under 21 respondents and there is more of the

student body that participated in this questionnaire. Secondly there is the 21-24 categories

that has the next highest percentage in this survey. This questionnaire touch bases with

political issues that our country is facing today and how one should feel towards certain

issues in agreeing with the topic or simply disagreeing. The overall purpose of this

project is to analyze different individuals and what tones come to play when recording

real life data that controls how individuals react to things about the world and all the

political issues that seem to hinder our generation and the fellow students of Tuskegee

University.


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