Thursday, November 10, 2011

Blog 9: Science Fair Proposal

REDONE
As of: December 8th, 2011
1. What is your hypothesis?
If a journalist has been in the business for over ten years, then their income will range from $60,000 to $75,000.
2. Identify the dependent (produced), independent (manipulated) and control variables in your hypothesis.
Dependent Variable(s): Income
Independent Variable(s): Experience in terms of years in business
Control Variable(s): Journalists in the United States
3. What is the connection between your science fair project and your senior project EQ?
My senior project EQ is about success and what is most important to gain success in journalism. My science fair project is about measuring success by using income as a measure of success.
4. How will you perform the experiment?  Include the equipment you plan on using.

Materials
-Computer/Laptop
-Internet Access
-Email address ( specifically for this experiment)
-Survey
-100+ journalists with various experience levels, income levels, and employers
*I will produce a survey asking the following questions: (I will produce the full survey script within 24 hours): 
1) How long have you been in the journalism field? (Ex: College graduation to date)
   a. 0-5 years
   b. 6-10 years
   c. 11-15 years
   d. 16-20 years
   e. 21+ years
2) What is your approximate current income per year?
   a. Under $20,000
   b. $20,000-$40,000
   c. $41,000-$60,000
   d. $61,000-$80,000
   e. $81,000-$100,000
   f. Over $101,000
3) How would you describe your current employer?
  a. Freelance Journalism
  b. Magazine or Journal
  c. Newspaper (Local or National)
  d. News Agency
  e. Other
*I will contact various magazines, publications, and employers to journalists by using the Internet/magazines.
*I will email the EXACT SAME survey to AT LEAST 100 journalists from various income levels, experience levels, and employers.
*I will take this data and create a graph to compare the relationship between experience level and range of income for journalists. 
*In addition, I will research data from the U.S. Census Bureau on the recorded income of journalists in the United States and compare my gathered data with the U.S. Census Bureau data. 
5. Which category will your project be listed under? 
Behavioral/Social Science

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