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Old 06-08-2011, 05:40 PM   #1
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UPDATE!! My son is doing a science project... e-readers vs paperbooks!

Thank you all so much for all your help!!! He received an A on his presentation!

Here is the link to the presentation he created.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4o...thkey=CKO3pvUL
Here is a summary of the data collected!

Here are the conclusions he found!


Of the 625 readers:
118 people ONLY read E-books
113 people ONLY read paper books
358 people read both E readers and Paper books
36 people don’t read


Of the 6458 Books Read:
1283 were read by people
Who only read E- Books
1241 Paper books were ready by people who only read Paper Books

2754 E-Books were read by people who read both types
1180 Paper Books where read by people who read both types

Approximately 6458 Books were read by 625 People:
62.5% of the Books read were E-books
37.5% of the Books read were Paper Books

358 People who use an e-reader also read paper books.
70% of the books they read were E books
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Old 06-08-2011, 08:56 PM   #2
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Awesome!! Nice job!!
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Old 06-08-2011, 09:11 PM   #3
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I looked at his presentation. He did a very good job. He definitely should be proud of himself.

P.S. I'm glad I participated .
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Old 06-08-2011, 09:24 PM   #4
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Excellent! Thank you for reporting back to us! Now, for a survey question for your son (Inquiring minds want to know): What is his preferred method of reading (if any)?
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Old 06-08-2011, 09:26 PM   #5
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One thing that I always encourage my children to put into their reports, especially when it involves some sort of survey or experiment, is an introspection section or sorts where they discuss the potential flaws with their methodology, how it might affects the results, and what further measurements/surveys/etc could be done to come up with a better solution.

They've been doing this since their third grade science fair projects, and even though I make them do them alone (with the help of leading questions and suggested reading, but not the actual work) they've always scored very well.

Did you talk to him at all about the problems with surveys, particularly online surveys? I worry that children often get the wrong idea when they do these reports that this is how statistics and measurements are taken -- it reinforces the poor understanding of numbers that most people have (something I blame the schools for, for not teaching them to think critically).
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Old 06-08-2011, 10:03 PM   #6
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Your son did an excellent job and you both have good reason to be proud. Was this for college, or high school?

One question about the stats though. Of the 625 readers, 36 don’t read? Are they magazine readers?
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Old 06-09-2011, 11:07 AM   #7
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That's great! Plus, the results are interesting.
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Old 06-09-2011, 01:35 PM   #8
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But how was the survey conducted? If it was an online survey, that would bias the results; people who use the Internet are much more likely to use ebook readers than people who don't.
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Old 06-09-2011, 01:46 PM   #9
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But how was the survey conducted? If it was an online survey, that would bias the results; people who use the Internet are much more likely to use ebook readers than people who don't.
If I recall correctly, the presentation stated that he surveyed people on the internet, friends and family, and people in bookstores.
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Old 06-09-2011, 02:11 PM   #10
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But how was the survey conducted? If it was an online survey, that would bias the results; people who use the Internet are much more likely to use ebook readers than people who don't.
I don't think that was the central question, though. It appears as if he was investigating whether people with eReaders read more. Of course, understanding causation vs. correlation as well as most 6th graders (which neither more nor less than the majority of adults), the conclusion was backwards, in my opinion. He concluded that people with eReaders read more books; I would be tempted to reverse it and say that people who read more books are more likely to have eReaders.

Nonetheless, a fine study for a 6th grader. Better than what I've seen from many middle school students.
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...Nonetheless, a fine study for a 6th grader. Better than what I've seen from many middle school students.
Agreed. Better, in fact, than some work I've seen turned by college students.
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Old 06-10-2011, 05:39 PM   #13
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I think he did an awesome job on his project! I was sure it was done by someone in high school rather then in elementary school! A well deserved A... I would even say A+
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Agreed. Better, in fact, than some work I've seen turned by college students.
Do you teach college students WT Sharpe?
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No, but I've seen college students who couldn't tell the difference between capitalist and communistic economic systems, nor even explain which system we were supposed to be living under. That's pretty bad. Granted, these students aren't the norm, but they're out there.

I don't think I have the aptitude or patience for teaching.
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