2013

Investigation

WHAT IS THE MOST LIKED TV CHANEL IN THE AGE

GROUP OF 12-14

OLA OYENUGA

JBS | Science

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My sampling method

I am going to survey 10 students from grade 6, 7 and 8 each asking each one his or her favorite TV channel

and them I will write it down on a table. There will be no options to choose from so they surveyed pupils will

be able to choose any channel they prefer. In total I will collect 30 choices (data) of a favorite TV channel

which I will use to find out the answer to my guiding question. Because the individuals might be confused

about what channel they prefer the most so I will give them some guiding questions like “What would be

the first channel you check when you turn on the TV” or “What channel do you think you watch the most”.

Data

Outcome Frequency Class Centre

National Geography 3 3

Disney 9 12

Cartoon Network 1 13

Discovery Science 1 14

Disney XD 1 15

MBC Action 2 17

MBC 3 1 18

TLC 1 19

MTV 3 22

BBC 2 24

OSN First 2 26

Animal Planet 1 27

Sports 1 28

Game on 1 29

MBC 2 1 30

Total: 30

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Mode: Cartoon network

Median: 30÷2= 15

Median= Disney XD

Range: 9(highest number)-1(lowest number) = 8

Range=8

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Data

Frequency

10%

31%

4% 4%

4% 7% 4%

3%

10%

7%

7%

3% 3%

3%

Results

National Geography

Disney

Cartoon Network

Discovery Science

Disney XD

MBC Action

MBC 3

TLC

MTV

BBC

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Interpreting Data

Using my chosen sampling method was an advantage because it gave people a vast amount of options

to choose from, rather than the method of making a list of channels which makes the individuals only able

to have so many options. Also going around and asking random people from the three different grades

gave me a more mixed data, a larger amount of opinions. Some disadvantages of y method was that

most people I asked were confused about what channel to choose but if I made a least they would only

have to choose which they prefer from that list which would make it easier, another disadvantage of my

method is that I asked only 10 pupils from each grade and as a result of that I ended up with a lot of

channels chosen as a favorite once, so I got a lot of opinions but didn’t really get a variety of opinions.

Improvements: Out of this investigations some things I would improve is the amount of people I asked, I

would ask a lot more people from each grade to get more opinions on favorite channels. I would also ask

some people outside of JBS because some of the student’s favorites might have been influenced by peers

in school so if I ask those outside of the JBS community I might be able to get a better average on the most

preferred TV channel in the age group of 12-14.

Graphs

Frequency Histogram & Polygon: The Frequency Histogram & Polygon graph was appropriate for my data

because my data uses more of words and not numbers and the frequency histogram & Polygon unlike the

scatter graph and dot plot it is more compatible with the word data I have. The Histogram & Polygon is also

appropriate for my data because it gives e an idea of what my range and mode is.

Pie chart: I used the pie chart mainly because it showed be which channel was chosen the most/ the

mode of my data so really it shows me the most liked TV channel in the age group of 12-14 and answers

research question.

Statistics

I think the mode is the most appropriate statistics in answering my research question because I am trying to

find out the most liked TV channel in the age group of 12-14, so I would be looking for the channel that was

chosen the most and finding the mode which means the data that appears most often would give me just

what I am looking for.

Patterns & Conclusion According to my results the most preferred/ liked TV channel in the age group of 12-14 is Disney because it

was chosen more than any other channel. My pie chart shows 31% of the channels chosen were Disney

channel and the mode obviously was also Disney channel so I can conclude that the Disney channel is the

answer to my research question, and I believe my results are very accurate. I wouldn’t say my method was

the best because I feel I did not have enough opinions in my data which I would say is the reason I had a

pattern of channels being mentioned only once; If I had surveyed more pupils I would have had a more

accurate result even though Disney would still be the most preferred channel.

In a real-life context Disney channel from my experience is a very interesting program with a lot of shows

and entertainment most of it appropriate and still entertaining for most teens with more variety of shows of

different genres so it is understandable that most pre-teens and teens would prefer the channel to others.

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MTV and National geographic were two other channels that were preferred more as well but not more

than Disney probably because one offers music and the other offers 3D simulations and intriguing

documentaries of life on earth and wild life which are both subjects the age group is interested in.

In the future if Disney continues to offer the same or even a better quality of shows appropriate

and entertaining for the age group it might still be the most preferred channel for the age group

if of course there is no competition offering the same value of programs. So any program that

offers a more entertaining variety of channels would be more preferred by the age group.