martes, 8 de mayo de 2012

Are you sure you are Steady?


Let´s begin with the reason why we have chosen this topic which is the fascinable world of homosexual people.
Most of the times homosexual people are very cheerful, friendly, party-goers, open minded, tolerant, outgoing. But what  who live around them?
Firstly Let us first define the factors.Tolerance is , in our opinion, the most important factor  because depending on the people living in your neighborhood you´ll  be more or less comfortable.  So will measure this factor with a survey in which we will find out which of the four districts is the most tolerant.The weight of this factor will be 40%.
Some of the questions are:

1. What do you think about homosexuality?

- I think it's normal population.

- I think it's a problem for the population.

- I do not mind.

2. Do you think that homosexuals are discriminated against?

- Yes

- No

- I don’t know.

3. From your point of view, what is the district

with the highest homosexual population?

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Other factor that we would like to measure which it´s related to the fisrt one is descrimination. We believe that if in the neighborhood where you live, your neighbors will discriminate on your sexual orientation, then you should wonder if it is the best place to live . So it also becomes an important factor, which also will be measured with some survey questions and it has a weight of 15%.
For these two factors we will use some indicators we consider relevant :the average ege of the population, beliefs (religion, morality..) and finally we think it´s also important the neighborhood lifestyle. With this last indicator we mean if the neighborhood has a good economic level or not.

Of course it is necessary to pay attention to the peer group, as it is imporant not to feel alone, meaning that you feel support. We will measure the type of neighborhood, if is a trendy, bohemianmore secretive as you can be Salamanca´s neighborhood , and so on. The neighborhood type will represent the 25%

On one hand leisure is very important to them, as they are very outgoing and like to go out with friends. Therefore in the visit to each district we´ll make an observation on the number of bars, nightclubs, coffee shops, unique for homosexuals which will be our way to measure the leisure. We will look for some information  on internet  and visit  each neighborhood  and give a porcentage of 10%.
But on the other hand also look real important the facilities they have. Such as hotels can feel comfortable, spas,  schools, gym, etc.. But not only for  homosexual´s comfort, but of homophobic people..
This will be measured in a quantitative manner depending on the number of hotels, spas and other services.
In terms of importance this last point will be the 10% of the factors.

From our point of view, we think these are the  most important factors and indicatos of our research and will be useful to find out the conclusion.

1 comentario:

  1. Good rationale for the factors and their weights. The questionnaire is good, but you need to say something about sample size and sampling technique. Finally, you need to explain HOW you get the different numbers: observation / interviews / statistics?

    methodology mark (final): 8,5/10

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