Environmental Science 15th Edition by Scott Spoolman,Tyler Miller

Exercise 10

Choose an environmental issue, such as water pollution, climate change, population growth, biodiversity loss, or any other issue that you have studied in this course. Conduct a poll of students, faculty, staff, and local residents 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 as you see fit.
Poll Questions
Question 1 On a scale of 1 to 10, how knowledgeable are you about environmental issue X?
Question 2 On a scale of 1 to 10, how aware are you of ways in which you, as an individual, impact environmental issue X?
Question 3 On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is it for you to learn more about environmental issue X?
Question 4 On a scale of 1 to 10, how sure are you that an individual can have a positive influence on environmental issue X?
Question 5 On a scale of 1 to 10, how sure are you that the government is providing the appropriate level of leadership with regard to environmental issue X?
Collect your data and analyze your findings to measure any differences among the respondent pools.