Volu m e II - Purdue University Calumet

22 year olds whose parents fall into the upper-middle class tax brackets, and the vast majority of these
students are from Illinois 9 .
The survey consisted of seven questions that were each timed so as to try to inspire the participants
to write their instinctive responses. Quantification methodology consisted of carefully reading every answer
and creating generalized groups into which data could be sorted. All synonymous words were merged into a
Instrument(mus
ical)
6%
Shoes
9%
Writing
9%
1 Person
8%
2 People
3%
Pipes
11%
Jug
3%
Old/Ancie
nt
20%
Sculpture
14%
Spoons
17%
single group, as indicated by backslashes between exact
words used. For example, the words “ancient” and “old”
were synthesized into a single group. However, words that
carried similar connotations were also grouped, such as
“wise” with “ancient” and “old.”
Percentages were derived from total answers given
per question and not from total number of participants.
This is an important distinction to make, as the questions
were so open-ended that many people gave multiple
Figure 9: Experimental Group answers: "Describe this object in as
much detail as possible."
answers, some quite contrasting, as they worked through
Elephant Lip Plates
Trunks
Ham 3%
2%
3%
Branches
2%
Antenna
5%
Shoes
8%
Person
8%
Instrume
nt
(musical)
13%
2
people/t
wins
3%
Face
15%
Spoons/U
tensils
23%
Antlers/H
orns
15%
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their thoughts on paper. Student t-testing was not
applicable to this data set.
Question one concerned the description of the
object. Participants were asked to describe the image
of the mask in as much detail as possible. The majority
of answers in the experimental group (see figure 9)
stated that the mask appeared old. The second most
prevalent term used to describe this mask amongst the
Figure 10: Control Group Answers: "Describe this object in as much
detail as possible