Project 7 - Results

My Google form was about personal modes of transportation. I asked how many owned a vehicle, if so what type/make, how many, how reliable they felt their vehicle was, how many miles driven per week and so on. For the first question on whether or not you own a vehicle, all response were 100% yes, that they did own a vehicle. My next question was a combination of asking about type and make. For make the results were too scattered to see a majority, but for type the results indicated that 44% or the majority of people owned a sports utility vehicle. Most vehicles were new, 67% of people owned vehicles that were no older than 2005. The results were tied at 44% for both one and two vehicles owned by the respondent. Surprisingly one respondent however indicated that they owned 4 or more vehicles. The majority of the respondents felt that their vehicle was safe and 44% of them gave their vehicle a reliability rating of 10, on a scale of 1-10. As for miles the data was scattered, but over half of the respondents, 55% of them, drove 80 miles or more a week.

I think these findings are great and even though I cannot make any concrete interpretations, I think that the percentages do illustrate some good points. First and foremost is the fact that in today’s world it’s almost impossible to meet anyone one that doesn’t own a vehicle, that is unless they live in a large city that has some sort of commonly used transportation system i.e. taxes, buses, the subway, etc. Next I think my results for how many vehicles owned per respondent show that most people are conservative and own what they need. Lastly I think that the results for reliability, year, and mileage per week show a relationship. I believe this indicates that yes, most people do drive over 80 miles a week and I think this information illustrates the results for year and reliability. More miles mean faster wear and tear on that vehicle, so this means that you might find yourself buying a new vehicle every five years or so. This also explains reliability by showing that people are on the road often and that reliability is important, and that’s why so many people have ranked their vehicle’s reliability so high.