Develop a Hypothesis on Who Holds Open Doors You are going to develop a hypothesis on who holds open doors and then test it by observing and recording who

Develop a Hypothesis on Who Holds Open Doors You are going to develop a hypothesis on who holds open doors and then test it by observing and recording who holds open the door.

Tasks:

Develop a hypothesis about who tends to hold open doors. Do most people hold open a door? Only a few? More men? More women? Older people? Younger people?
observation spaces – Starbucks at the university.
Sit where you can see the door.
Spend up to 1/2 hour or until you collect 30 observations.
Use the provided chart to record your data on how many people and whom holds open the door
Then write a 2 page document (12 pt font and 1 inch margins) describing your observations and the results of your test following the guiding questions provided below.

Why are you doing this?

This assignment is part of course objective 2 – Students can apply basic ethnographic methods to analyze social interactions.

You are practicing important skills by observing the actions of other and considering how they relate to commonly held social norms. Throughout life, you will be placed in new situations be need to be able to assess what people are doing and why. This can help you in a new job or social setting. Anthropologists use these skills to collect data to analyze human interactions and social structures but this is also something that you can and should do everyday.

Use the prompts below to help you complete the assignment and refer to the grading rubric to make sure you understand what I am expecting.

Which location did you select for your observation? When are you holding that observation?
State your hypothesis.
What are your expectations based on that hypothesis? Why do you have these expectations?
Fill out this table with your observations.
Do they meet your expectations? Do you confirm or reject your hypothesis?
Why do you think your observations either confirmed or rejected your hypothesis? Do they support our social norms about holding open doors? In the past weeks you have learned what anthropology is and some of the tools used by
anthropologists to collect data. For this assignment you will be practicing several of those tools
while testing a hypothesis about a common social norm – the act of holding open a door.
You are going to develop a hypothesis on who holds open doors and then test it by observing and
recording who holds open the door.
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Develop a hypothesis about who tends to hold open doors. Do most people hold open a
door? Only a few? More men? More women? Older people? Younger people?
Select one of these 3 observation spaces – the main library door, the main door to the
MU, or the door to Starbucks or another popular coffee shop.
Sit where you can see the door.
Spend up to 1/2 hour or until you collect 30 observations.
Use the provided chart to record your data on how many people and whom holds open
the door
Then write a 2 page document (12 pt font and 1 inch margins) describing your
observations and the results of your test following the guiding questions provided below.
Why are you doing this?
This assignment is part of course objective 2 – Students can apply basic ethnographic methods
to analyze social interactions.
You are practicing important skills by observing the actions of other and considering how they
relate to commonly held social norms. Throughout life, you will be placed in new situations be
need to be able to assess what people are doing and why. This can help you in a new job or social
setting. Anthropologists use these skills to collect data to analyze human interactions and social
structures but this is also something that you can and should do everyday.
Use the prompts below to help you complete the assignment and refer to the grading rubric to
make sure you understand what I am expecting.
1. Which location did you select for your observation? When are you holding that
observation?
2. State your hypothesis.
3. What are your expectations based on that hypothesis? Why do you have these
expectations?
4. Fill out this table with your observations.
Held Door
Did not Hold Door
Older Male
Younger Male
Older Female
Younger Female
5. Do they meet your expectations? Do you confirm or reject your hypothesis?
6. Why do you think your observations either confirmed or rejected your hypothesis? Do
they support our social norms about holding open doors?

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