Living in the Environment 18th Edition by Tyler Miller,Scott Spoolman

Exercise 14

Choose an environmental issue that you have studied in this course, such as climate change, population growth, or biodiversity loss. Conduct a poll of students, faculty, staff, and local residents in your community by asking them the questions that follow, relating to your particular environmental issue. Poll as many people as you can in order to get a large sample. Create categories. For example, note whether each respondent is male or female. By creating such categories, you are placing each person into a respondent pool. You can add other questions about age, political leaning, and other factors to refine your pools.


Collect your data and analyze your findings to measure any differences among the respondent pools.