2. By LeAnne Christensen EDTD 5103

3. Hypothesis: The younger generations use their cell phones more often than older generations and they use them for more varied purposes.

9. Survey Respondents My survey went out to all my co-workers at Hoover Elementary. My 80 year old father took it and my 24 year old son-in-law took it as well. Of the 31 respondents, all were white, all were born in the United States, and all but two were female.

10. Results I use my cell phone for emergency purposes only: 7% of respondents ages 51-60 100% of respondents over age 60 I use my cell phone to make and receive voice calls: 50% of respondents ages 19-20 100% of respondents ages 30-40 100% of respondents ages 41-50 79% of respondents ages 51-60 100% of respondents over age 60

11. Results Cont…. I use my cell phone to send and receive text messages: 88% of respondents ages 30-40 50% of respondents ages 41-50 I use my cell phone to access the internet on regular basis: 25% of respondents ages 30-40 29% of the respondents ages 51-60

12. Results Cont… I use my cell phone for social networking: 50% of respondents ages 19-29 29% of respondents ages 51-60

13. Conclusion I expected that most respondents would use their cell phones to make and receive voice calls. I was really surprised to discover that 50% of respondents 51-60 send and receive text messages. This result contradicted my hypothesis, but I was happy to discover us ”older folks” are incorporating technology into their lives more than I thought we were. I was very surprised to discover that only 25% of the respondents in the 30-40 year old age range and 29% of the 51-60 year old age range use their phone to access the internet on a regular basis. I wonder if this is because of many of them have young families and data plans are somewhat expensive. This finding did not support my hypothesis.