Interpreting the Raw Data From Your Surveys

You have to use basic math to interpret the raw data from your surveys - fractions and percentages!!!

Here are some examples of what you should be interpreting from your surveys:

* 45% of the teenagers we surveyed answered that they have been bullied at some time 

* 50% of female teenagers said they felt peer pressure while only 35% of male teenagers said 
   they felt peer pressure before

You have to use basic fractions to create your percentages. You put the total number as the bottom of the fraction (the denominator) and the amount that answered a certain way on the top (the numerator); then, you divide the bottom number into the top number.

EXAMPLE:

25 teenagers who answered one question the same way / 50 total teenagers =

50% of teenagers said they were once bullied.