Planning a Student Project

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Dr Khan: Hello, Sara, Tom. Come in. You wanted to discuss your project proposal.

Sara: Yes. We've decided to look at how shops in our town could use fewer plastic bags.

Dr Khan: A practical topic. What did you have in mind for collecting information?

Tom: At first we planned to give a questionnaire to a hundred shoppers.

Sara: But we realised that's too many for the time we have, so we'll aim for fifty instead.

Dr Khan: Fifty is more realistic. Will that be enough?

Sara: We thought we could add interviews with three shop owners, to find out what they think the problems are.

Dr Khan: Good idea, because owners will show you a side that shoppers don't. Which shops?

Tom: We'd like one supermarket, one small grocery and one market stall.

Dr Khan: Make sure you ask permission before you interview anyone, and tell them how you will use what they say.

Sara: We will. Tom's going to contact the owners, because he knows the market traders already.

Tom: Right. And Sara's good at writing questions, so she'll design the questionnaire.

Dr Khan: Fine. And the analysis of the results?

Sara: We'll do that together, and we'll also prepare the slides together.

Dr Khan: Good. Remember the presentation should last fifteen minutes, with five minutes for questions.

Tom: Is there a word limit for the written report?

Dr Khan: Two thousand words, and it's due a week after the presentation.

Sara: Do we need to include graphs?

Dr Khan: Yes, at least two, but keep them simple and clear.

Tom: Thank you, Dr Khan.