Question.3828 - One final part of the causal essay that sets it apart from the previous essays is the inclusion of a different type of primary source. In the second essay you incorporated evidence from your film, and for this essay I would like you to work with a different type of primary source of your own design. For your third essay you must conduct either a personal interview or statistical survey. Regardless of what you choose, the goal is to same: to gather data yourself on your subject (the causal relationship you are building an argument on) and use that data to support your argument. Let's begin with the interview.The InterviewIf you choose to do an interview, please try and find a person that is, to some degree, an expert on your subject. Say you are trying to explore the relationship between violent video games and real world violence, try to find a person who plays violent video games or a parent of children that have played video games. Talking to your grandparent who has never heard of Call of Duty or Mortal Kombat and works on a farm would be unhelpful.Once you have a person in mind, think back through the reasons you wish to articulate in your essay and then ask questions related to those reasons. You will need ten questions in total, so make them helpful for your particular essay topic, and make sure to give them room to develop and expand on their perspective (follow up questions are very helpful). If you choose to conduct an interview, here are the requirements of the assignment: Your interview cannot be with a person you live with (no parents, siblings, or roommates). I need you to talk to someone you do not talk with everyday. Consider guidance counselors, teachers/professors, extended family members, people in your community (mayors, principles, pastors, etc.). Make contact with this person immediately to set up a time that works best for them. Do not ask them to be an interview and then demand they talk with you immediately; give them a reasonable window of time to talk with you. Email is a fine option for this interview as it allows your interviewee time to respond at their own pace, but a face to face interview is far better as it allows them to adapt and follow up on ideas. If you decide to record the interview (a very good idea), please let your interviewee know beforehand.  You will need to submit a short 100 word description of the person you chose to interview with their name, occupation, and why you chose to interview them in particular (what makes them a valuable resource for your essay). After your initial descriptive paragraph, I would like at least 10 questions that you asked and their response to those questions. Quotes are ideal, but paraphrases are acceptable. The SurveyNow listen, I am not a scientist nor an expert in statistics, but they are a very common primary source in essay writing. If you choose to do a survey instead of an interview, you must survey at least ten different people with a survey consisting at least five questions related to your essay topic. Remember, you must discuss the results of your survey in your essay, so the better the questions the better the results. A very common survey question for a causal essay is to ask open ended questions that allow for multiple responses that may or may not agree with your ultimate argument.For example, if you wanted to build a survey that examined the causal relationship between violent video games and aggression you might ask survey participants to select the words they most associate with video games: Calming Exciting Dangerous Violent Inclusive Relaxing Frustrating Competitive This type of open ended response will allow you to look for trends in the responses, which you can then discuss in your essay. Regardless, the goal is to acquire data that you can analyze and discuss. You will need to survey at least ten people, and you can use family member, members of your community or even people in this class. A great resource for creating an easy survey is Google Forms or a website like surveymonkey.com. Either one should be able to quickly supply you with the data from your survey, which you can then use to analyze and look for trends.If you choose to conduct a survey please submit: A copy of your five questions and the possible answers you chose A copy of data you gathered from your participants The GoalRegardless of whether you conduct an interview or survey, the goal is to use this research that you yourself conducted to develop your argument about the causal relationship between your chosen phenomenon. The more data you have and the higher quality of that data, the more helpful it will be for you, so get out there and gather some quality work.

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