Survey

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** Methodology ** In an attempt to prove that re a ding books creates a more powerful learning experience than watching a movie by being able to recall more of the story if one has read the book (either alone or in addition to watching the movie), the survey questions given to 30 Westminster College, PA students were as follows:  1. For //Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone:// a. I’ve read the book b. I’ve seen the movie c. I’ve done neither. d. I’ve done both. 2. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Off the top of your head, list as many characters you can remember from //Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone// if you've read or seen it. No researching! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; msobidifontweight: bold;">In one sentence, please summarize //Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone// if you've read it or seen it. No researching! <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontweight: bold; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin;">The same questions were asked successively for the movies //Twilight, A Series of Unfortunate Events,// and //The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring//, respectively. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> **Hypothesis** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin;">The people who have either read the book or done both will be able to recall more characters from the story, as well as give a more explicit plot summary than those who have seen the movie only. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">


 * Results **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Harry Potter Characters** || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Harry Potter Plot Summary Words** || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Twilight Characters** || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Twilight Plot Summary Words** || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**A.S.O.U.E**
 * Characters** || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**A.S.O.U.E**
 * Plot Summary Words** || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**L.O.T.R Characters** || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**L.O.T.R Plot Summary Words** ||
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**R** || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">- || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">11 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">50 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">21 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">- || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> ||
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**W** || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">5.3 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">12.6 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">3.6 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">10.2 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">.86 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">9.9 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">5.5 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">19.1 ||
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**B** || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">8.4 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">18.6 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">13.18 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">21.72 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">- || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">22 || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">20 ||
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> || <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> ||

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**R**=Read **W**=Watched ** B**=Both <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Data Summary of Number of Characters/Plot Summary Words Recalled↓ **
 * Harry Potter** = Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
 * A.S.O.U.E =** A Series of Unfortunate Events
 * LO.T.R** = Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring