#12 Final Summary, Reaction, and Conclusion

Finally I have received all of my surveys back! I am excited to share that my hypothesis for the most part is correct! My prediction included that the results of my survey will support my hypothesis that children of an intact family preform better academically, maintain stronger relationships with their parents, and have stronger academic expectations placed on them by both themselves and their parents. Although the results do support my hypothesis, I noticed that majority of the teens who took the survey from both intact and divorced families do not ask either of their parents for academic assistance. I did not find this reaction exceptionally surprising because I, myself so not ask my parents for academic assistance very often either. Those teens from intact families who replied that they did ask for academic assistance received it and teens from divorced families who asked for academic assistance often did not, which further supports my hypothesis. I also noticed that teens of intact families have a higher average of academic pressure placed on them from their parents in comparison to teens of divorced families. The survey also shows that all the teens surveyed of intact families plan on attending college in the future and receiving at least a bachelors degree in their field of choice. In addition to the results above I noticed that on average children of intact families have stronger relationships with both of their parents than those of divorced families. After concluding my research analysis, the results of my survey support my hypothesis! I believe the topic of maintaining an intact marriage and family is extremely important and should be further explored and stressed in our society!

#11 Revised Summary/Plan/Update

I have continued with a paper survey to conduct the research analysis portion of my blog. So far I have received just about half of the surveys I have distributed back. I have noticed that majority of my hypothesis stands true. Although I have not fully concluded my research and do not want to fully give the results away, my hypothesis on the amount of academic assistance, amount of pressure to succeed, and plan for the future are mostly supported by my research thus far. I look forward to seeing how the remainder of my research comes back and observing if they continue to support my hypothesis.

#10 Strategy/Plan for Research

For the Research analysis portion of my blog assignment I have decided to conduct a paper survey, which will be distributed to 10 teenagers, male and female, ranging from the age of 15-17. Five of the recipients of the survey will be of an intact family and the remaining five will be of a divorced family. The survey primarily focuses on the academic benefits children will receive as being a member of an intact family in comparison to children of a divorced family.  I predict that the results of my survey will conclude children of an intact family preform better academically, maintain stronger relationships with their parents, and have stronger academic expectations placed on them by both themselves and their parents.