Why do we like the music we like?
A study and exploration into the musical preferences of the student body at ChiTech.
Essential Question: Why do we like the music we like?
Sub-questions:
1. What factors influence our musical taste?
2. How can we measure the factors that influence musical taste?
3. How can we build a thorough survey tool to encapsulate diverse sets of data?
4. How can we display our predictions and conclusions in a clear and interesting way?
Summary: Everyone has a preference for the style of music or song they enjoy. How are these tastes developed? What can we observe by examining the tastes of our school community?
Over the next several weeks, you will collaborate with a group of your peers to analyze the musical preferences of the student body of ChiTech. You will work collaboratively to develop an original research question, build a survey tool that captures meaningful data specific to your research, manipulate survey data in google docs to draw conclusions, and present your findings to the public.
Products:
1. The formulation of an original research question related to our essential questions.
2. The development of a survey tool that encapsulates the data necessary to answer your research question.
3. An informative, graphic, and creative representation of your data analysis results.
4. An essay summarizing your data analysis and reflecting on your original research question.
5. A self-narrated audio recording of your summative essay, which includes musical clips relevant to your research.
A study and exploration into the musical preferences of the student body at ChiTech.
Essential Question: Why do we like the music we like?
Sub-questions:
1. What factors influence our musical taste?
2. How can we measure the factors that influence musical taste?
3. How can we build a thorough survey tool to encapsulate diverse sets of data?
4. How can we display our predictions and conclusions in a clear and interesting way?
Summary: Everyone has a preference for the style of music or song they enjoy. How are these tastes developed? What can we observe by examining the tastes of our school community?
Over the next several weeks, you will collaborate with a group of your peers to analyze the musical preferences of the student body of ChiTech. You will work collaboratively to develop an original research question, build a survey tool that captures meaningful data specific to your research, manipulate survey data in google docs to draw conclusions, and present your findings to the public.
Products:
1. The formulation of an original research question related to our essential questions.
2. The development of a survey tool that encapsulates the data necessary to answer your research question.
3. An informative, graphic, and creative representation of your data analysis results.
4. An essay summarizing your data analysis and reflecting on your original research question.
5. A self-narrated audio recording of your summative essay, which includes musical clips relevant to your research.