Monday 11 March 2013

Minutes Week 10

Survey Script:

Hi sir/madam, we are from the School of Science and Technology, and we are doing this survey as part of our school research project. Can you spare us 3 minutes of your time?

Sir, do you know what the term GMO stands for?
*If yes, continue to further survey questions. --> (2)
*If no, would you like to know more to answer our questions? 

**If yes, say:
Erm. GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organisms. Simply, it is a a product of combining genes from different organisms to improve or add traits into an organism. For example, a rice gene is combined with a fish gene to give rice proteins and make the rice plant immune to rain, floods. GMO is very common in the present day. However, this common technology has its advantages and disadvantages.  Some people have suffered big illness from GMO and studies have shown GMO can cause tumor growth (cancer).  --> (1)

1) First of all, now that you know GMO and its advantages and disadvantages, I would like to know how often you would feed you or your children. Daily? Every once a week? Twice a a week? Or never?

2) Are you aware that GMO is very common in supermarkets like __________?

3) Would you like the GMO Products to be labelled?

4) If you were to describe GMO in 1 word, what would it be? Reliable? Unhealthy? Risky?

5) If you were to rate how reliable GMO is in overall, health, efficiency, all those on a scale of 1-10. What would it be?

Thank you for your time. If possible, please leave your contact number or email here, so that we are able to contact you anytime if we have any queries.




Monday 4 March 2013

Minutes Week 9

Minutes Week 9

Old

-Do you know what GMO stands for and its definitions?
  ~Would you like to know more about GMO( so that you are able to answer the following questions)?
-Do you accept GMO products? Why?
-Do you think GMO products are safe for human consumption personally, setting aside the current information we have on GMO products?
-Do you check for labels for products whether they are genetically modified or not?
 ~Do you think it is important for companies to indicate whether it is a GMO product or not?
-Finishing up the survey, how often do you think you consume such GMO products?


Percentile.

Old Age (50+)
  • 20 Male
  • 20 Female
Middle Age (27-49)

  • 20 Male
  • 20 Female
Youth (18-26)
  • 20 Males
  • 20 Females
*All interviewees must be Singaporeans


Old

-Do you know what GMO stands for and its definitions?
  ~Would you like to know more about GMO( so that you are able to answer the following questions)?
-Do you accept GMO products? Why?
-Do you think GMO products are safe for human consumption personally, setting aside the current information we have on GMO products?
-Do you check for labels for products whether they are genetically modified or not?
 ~Do you think it is important for companies to indicate whether it is a GMO product or not?
-Finishing up the survey, how often do you think you consume such GMO products?


What do we want to know?
Do people care what GMO is about?(Mind eating GMO)
How often do they consume GMO?
Do they accept GMO?
Do you think labeling GMO food is vital?



New
1)Do you know what GMO is? (Yes/No)
*If no, would you like to know more? (Briefly explain first)

2)Would you feed your children GMO products daily?
Why?
a) You don't trust GMO.
b) You don't think GMO is safe for consumption.
c) Others.

3)How often do you think you should consume GMO products?
a) Everyday
b) Once a week
c) Never
d) Unsure
*If unsure state reason.

4) Do you know what type of food you are buying/eating?(Yes/No)

5) When you are shopping, do you ever check whether the product is GMO?

*If they mind eating GMO
6) Would you prefer having ALL GMO products labeled? (Yes/No)


7)If you were to describe GMO with 1 word, what would it be?
a) Disgusting?
b) Unhealthy?
c) Trustworthy?
d) Others.

8) If you were to rate how trustworthy GMO products from a scale of 1-10, what would it be?
___

To be added.