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| ====== Analysis and Thoughts on Responses to “Want” Survey ====== | ====== Academic Report About People's Needs and Wants ====== |
| By: [[steve-wang|Steve Wang]] | By [[steve-wang|Steve Wang]] |
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| Looking at the data, I realised the sample size of females was double the one of males. So, in the end result, if I compared things between gender, I would have to divide the percentage of the female results by 2 for it to be equal. It is complicated so, I have opted to disregard gender and only look at age. | ===== Introduction ===== |
| It was discovered that the sample size of students/children was exactly equal to the sample size of working aged adults. So, most of the comparison should take place there. | This research aims to find out if people of different generational groups have different perceptions about what physical things are a necessity and what is a luxury. This research will help understand people across diverse age groups which will allow us to better interact with one another. |
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| Group 1 is people that are students/kids | ===== Research Methods ===== |
| | To do this research, we stuck the names of 5 items on a whiteboard and put a magnet over those five items. The participants, who were people that happened to be around the school at that time, had to move the magnets to the left or the right of the names of those items. If an item was a necessity they would have to move the corresponding magnet to the left. However, if it was a luxury, they would have to move it to the right. We tried to find participants of all ages but most people from age group 3 were not interested in helping us. So, we got very few answers from age group 3 compared to the rest. Another issue with our data is that there were significantly more females than males. That may have been caused by the lack of males in that area at that time. Also, the area we could sample people from was restricted so, the people that were gathered in that area might be similar. |
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| Group 2 is people that are working | ===== Data ===== |
| | === Gender: === |
| | M = Male |
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| [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OOqsDzlDo3XkBq-tT5cGuxhif8KrWcB6EU2FnI8RNjY/edit?usp=sharing|Data]] | F = Female |
| ===== Conclusion 1 ===== | |
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| Each age group chose things that are similar to others in their age group. Let us talk about group 2 first. About 35% answers had something to do with taking a break. Some of them used both their two answers on something along the lines of breaks, holidays, or vacation overseas. About 53% of their answers had something to do with money. All the data that I see here which includes other things like, robot vacuums, car, house, health, work, stable job, leads me to believe people at that age have very little time to do anything else other than earn money. I have come to that conclusion because they keep talking about having breaks and wanting money. A few of them even mentioned that they would like a stable job and tools that could help them with with their work. Group 1 also chose similar things as group 2. However, group 1’s answers were more geared towards their short term happiness like things they could wear, those include clothes, lipstick, shoes, fake eyelashes, necklaces, and watches. However, some of them chose some others red bulls, concerts, toys, and tablets. A few of them chose similar things to group 2 like money, time, vacations. In conclusion, I think group 2 mainly chooses things that help them in the long run and group 1 mainly chooses things that will make them happy in for the time being. For example, something like lipstick or concerts last for a short time. While a dishwasher for example will save you a lot of time. If it takes you 10 minutes to wash dishes and if you wash dishes about once a day, that would mean you use 3650 minutes a year to wash dishes. That equates almost 71 hours. However if you had a dishwasher, which would last for almost ten years according to [[https://www.mysynchrony.com/blog/electronics-appliances/is-it-time-for-a-new-dishwasher.html| this article]], you would only need to rinse and put the dishes in and take the dishes back out. Which would take 5 minutes at most that would mean 1,825 minutes (30 hours) saved every year. | === Age === |
| | 1 = students and kids |
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| | 2 = working aged adults |
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| ====== Conclusion 2 ===== | 3 = retired elderly people |
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| The answers in the "why" section of the table can be divided into two categories: human feelings and perceptions of oneself by others. The data reveals that many responses in the "why" section indicate a desire to feel superior to others. Additionally, the data also reflects the importance of human emotions in decision-making. Based on these findings, it is reasonable to conclude that a significant number of individuals base their decisions on their emotions and how others will perceive and judge them as a result of those decisions. | === All Data === |
| | <csv> |
| | Gender,"Age (1,2,3)",Light,House,Internet,AC,Car/Motorcyle |
| | F,1,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,1,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,1,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,1,N,W,N,N,W |
| | F,1,N,W,N,N,W |
| | F,1,N,W,N,N,W |
| | F,1,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,1,N,N,N,N,W |
| | F,1,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,1,N,N,N,W,W |
| | F,1,N,N,N,W,N |
| | F,1,N,N,N,W,N |
| | M,1,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,1,N,W,N,N,W |
| | F,1,N,W,N,N,W |
| | F,1,N,W,N,W,W |
| | F,1,N,W,W,W,W |
| | F,1,N,N,N,N,N |
| | M,1,N,W,N,W,W |
| | F,1, N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,1,N,N,W,W,W |
| | F,1,N,N,W,W,W |
| | F,1,N,W,N,W,W |
| | F,1,N,W,W,W,W |
| | F,2,N,N,N,N,W |
| | F,2,N,N,N,W,W |
| | F,2,N,N,N,N,N |
| | M,2,N,N,N,W,W |
| | M,2,N,W,N,N,W |
| | F,2,N,W,N,N,W |
| | F,2,N,N,N,N,W |
| | M,2,N,N,N,N,N |
| | M,2,N,W,M,N,N |
| | M,2,N,W,N,N,W |
| | M,2,N,N,N,N,W |
| | M,2,N,W,N,W,W |
| | M,2,N,W,W,N/W,W |
| | F,2,N,W,W,N,W |
| | M,2,N,N,N,N,W |
| | F,2,N,N,N,W,W |
| | F,2,N,N,N,N,W |
| | F,2,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,2,N,W,N,N,W |
| | F,2,N,N,N,N,W |
| | F,3,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,3,N,N,N,W,W |
| | F,3,N,N,W,W,W |
| | F,3,N,N,N,W,N |
| | M,3,N,N,W,W,N |
| | F,3,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,3,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,3,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,3,N,N,N,N,W |
| | F,3,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,3,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,3,N,N,N,N,N |
| | F,3,N,W,N,W,W |
| | </csv> |
| | === Percentage of Wants === |
| | == Age Group 1 == |
| | <csv> |
| | Item, Percentage of People Who consider it a luxury (%) |
| | Light,0 |
| | House, ≈42 |
| | Internet, ≈17 |
| | Air Conditioning,≈42 |
| | Motorcycle/Car,≈52 |
| | </csv> |
| | == Age Group 2 == |
| | <csv> |
| | Item, Percentage of People Who consider it a luxury (%) |
| | Light,0 |
| | House,40 |
| | Internet,10 |
| | Air Conditioning,25 |
| | Motorcycle/Car,80 |
| | </csv> |
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| | == Age Group 3 == |
| <csv> | <csv> |
| M/F,Status (see blue text),want1, want2, Why, | Item, Percentage of People Who consider it a luxury (%) |
| F,1,Money,Phone Screen Protect,Need,,,,,, | Light,0 |
| F,1,Eyelashes Fake?,No,Happy,,,,,, | House,≈8 |
| F,1,Clothes,Partner Competent,Beauty Try Som New,,,,,, | Internet,≈15 |
| F,1,Necklace,Watch,Compare And See What Others Have,,,,,, | Air Conditioning,≈38 |
| F,1,Shoes,Boyfriend,Motivation For Life.,,,,,, | Motorcycle/Car,≈31 |
| F,1,Boyfriend,None,Lonely,,,,,, | |
| F,1,Time,Freedom,Satisfaction,,,,,, | |
| F,1,Blackpink Concert,Holiday,Like Somethings,,,,,, | |
| F,1,Sound System,Overseas,Like Somethings,,,,,, | |
| F,1,Switch,Lipstick,Needs Things,,,,,, | |
| F,1,Tablet,Red Bull,Needs Things,,,,,, | |
| F,1,Lipstick,None,Needs Things,,,,,, | |
| M,1,Mortcycle,Clothes,Compare,,,,,, | |
| M,1,Lucky Draw,Pet,Family,,,,,, | |
| M,1,None,None,People Are Not Grateful Greedy,,,,,, | |
| M,1,Money,Time,Feel Like They Have Something That Has Worth,,,,,, | |
| M,1,Fighter jet toy model,vehicle toy,Fulfill personal desire,,,,,, | |
| M,1,Phone,Girlfriend,有缺乏的东西,,,,,, | |
| M,1,cut hair,Girlfriend,"Want more things, dissatisfied with what you have now",,,,,, | |
| M,1,Water bottle of an anime character,any other toys himself enjoys,Others have but himself does not,,,,,, | |
| F,1,Model of characters from Paw Patrol,necklaces,Personal desires (I just want them),,,,,, | |
| F,1,Radio,Shoes,Better life qualities,,,,,, | |
| F,2,Money,No,Comparison And Needed,,,,,, | |
| F,2,Vacuum Robot,Dishwasher,Life Convenience,,,,,, | |
| F,2,Health,Money,Motivation,,,,,, | |
| F,2,Overseas,Improve Work,Not Enough Things And Not Greateful,,,,,, | |
| F,2,Own Time,Mango Drink,Before Have Now Don’t,,,,,, | |
| F,2,Money,Bag,people need a target to work on,,,,,, | |
| F,2,Money,Stable job,none,,,,,, | |
| F,2,Travel,breaks,desires motivate poeple to live,,,,,, | |
| F,2,breaks,holidays,people want better lifes,,,,,, | |
| F,2,laptop,projector,people want more convinient lifes,,,,,, | |
| F,2,a new computer,sense of achievement,desires motivate people,,,,,, | |
| M,2,Car,New House,Comparison.,,,,,, | |
| M,2,Moeny,Time,people want a better life,,,,,, | |
| M,2,Breaks,None,poeple naturally have needs and desires,,,,,, | |
| M,2,Girlfriend,money,wants happines from desired things,,,,,, | |
| M,2,peace,moeny,people have goals they want to achieve,,,,,, | |
| M,2,a road bike,an one week break,peopel have desires becuase they balance the stress in their life,,,,,, | |
| M,2,an airline ticket to Japan,Concert ticket,people want to acomplish certain goals to satisfy their mental state,,,,,, | |
| F,2,換好工作,出國,不容易知足,,,,,, | |
| F,2,Cloth,Shoes,不满足现在的生活,,,,,, | |
| F,2,Cloth,Bags,想要让自己变得更好,,,,,, | |
| F,2,Clothes,spinning bike,Personal demands and desires,,,,,, | |
| F,2,Cell phone,Clothes,Personal desires (I just want them),,,,,, | |
| F,3,Food.,鍋具,需要才買,,,,,, | |
| F,3,Bag,No Want.,Purchase a new object when the old one cannot be used anymore.,,,,,, | |
| M,3,No Want.,No Want.,需要才買,,,,,, | |
| M,3,travel overseas,massage chair,"Tired about things, enjoy and relax",,,,,, | |
| M,3,Bags,Health,That's how people are,,,,,, | |
| F,3,Lottery,travel overseas,That's how people are,,,,,, | |
| F,3,No Want.,No Want,想要过上日子,,,,,, | |
| F,3,Listen to concert,enjoy gourmets,"That's how people are, a human phenomenon",,,,,, | |
| F,3,Not Really.,Not Really.,新鮮感,,,,,, | |
| F,3,Not really,Not really,People just want things,,,,,, | |
| </csv> | </csv> |
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| | ===== Discussion ===== |
| | From the data, I can conclude that on average, age group 3 has the least things they deem as luxuries. That may be because of the poorer standard of living when they were growing up compared to modern times. To get these conclusions, I looked at all the percentages of wants. When comparing the percentages of things age group 3 deems as luxuries to both of the other groups, all items except two were lower than other age groups. One item which was not the lowest was the air conditioning which was only higher than group 1 but lower than group 2. The other item was light, in which all people we asked agreed that lights were a necessity. So, having the lowest percentage of three out of the five options shows me that people from age group 3 usually have fewer things they deem as luxuries for life. When comparing the differences in opinion within age groups 1 and 2, it was very difficult to conclude anything because both age groups 1 and 2 have two items where their percentages are the highest. After making these observations, I can conclude that there are different perceptions about what physical things are a necessity and what is a luxury between age groups 2 and 3 and 1 and 3. It might be because, during the time between age groups 2 and 3, a big change may have happened. It might also have been the time when people's standard of living increased. |
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| | Before doing this research, I thought that the younger each age group is, the more things they would consider a necessity. I thought so because I am from age group 1 and when I talk to people from different age groups, I always got the impression that they would have fewer things they deem necessary when compared to me. From the results, it has proven to be true only when comparing age group 3 to the other two groups. I think that my guess might have been more accurate if I talked to more people. |
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| | Learning from the data gathered could be useful when talking to different people. When talking to people and knowing about their opinions on necessities and luxuries, will help us understand a lot more about them. For example, if I was talking to a young man who was in university and was wearing designer clothes, shoes, accessories, etc., I can know from the data gathered that he probably thinks of those things as wants and is likely very proud of them. So, a good way to strike up a conversation with him would be to talk about his clothing, shoes, or accessories. |
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| | One surprising thing was, most of age group 3 did not think more of the items as luxuries. I thought they would consider most items as luxuries because, I reasoned that if they grew up with a poorer standard of living, they might have needed little to survive and feel content. It was also weird that people from age group 3 kept refusing to help us. I always thought people from age group 3 liked to talk with others and liked to have a conversation because they might be bored from retirement. From the multiple refusals, I think we should change our approach when talking to people from age group 3. I think so because one of the only times I have been successful when talking to some from age group 3 was when I started the conversation by asking about what activity she was doing. The person responded by talking to me for a bit then we eventually convinced her to help us. So, maybe when talking to old people, we should pretend we want to get to know them and care about what they are doing before asking them to do something for us. Another surprising thing was, there was not much change between age group 1 and age group 2. I thought or hoped that there would be more consistent changes between them so that my theory would prove true and make this conclusion easier to write. |
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| | ===== Conclusion ===== |
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| | In conclusion, from the data, we can see that age group 3 has more things they would consider necessary compared to the other two groups. Comparing the data from age groups 1 and 2, the data was quite similar for the most part. So, no real conclusion can be derived from the comparison between those two. To conclude those two groups, we could go out and get more answers. We could also try to get participants from different areas which might allow us to get different answers. |