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Renatanavarro Eastvillagesurveyreport
Renatanavarro Eastvillagesurveyreport
Preparedby
RenataNavarro
AnalysisofEastVillageCommunity
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Abstract
e3CivicHighislocatedintheEastVillage,andwe,asstudentsfromthisschool,form
partofthiscommunityaswell.Forthisreason,wecreatedasurveyforitsresidentsinorderto
gettoknowbettertheirneedsandthoughtsaboutthecommunity.TheresultsshowthattheEast
Villageresidentsareoverallhappyaboutlivinghere.Though,theirlackofengagingactivities
andplaceswheretheycanconnectwithotherpeopleisevidentlyshowninthesurveyresults.
Afterwards,thisinformationwasextremelyusefulandessentialinordertounderstand
betterwhatthesepeoplewant,andinthiswaydevelopandimproveourprojectsforbusinesses
andservicesthatwillpositivelyimpactthecommunityofEastVillage.
Introduction
Theseniorclassate3Civichighhasbeendevelopingplansforbusinessesandservices
thatwillpositivelyimpactthecommunityofEastVillage.TheEastvillageisthelargesturban
communityindowntownSanDiego.Itcountswithadiversityofmorethan700businessesthat
gofromrestaurantsandbarstohotelsandartgalleries.Wedesignedasurveytocollectsome
dataregardingtheEastVillage,itsresidents,theirneeds,andtheiropinions,inordertofinda
moreaccuratewaytoimprovethecomfort,affordability,andentertainmentforthisdistinctive
community.Afterwards,wewillutilizethisdatatoimproveourownbusinessplan:a
recreationalcenter.Givingusmoretoolsinordertoachieveourcenterspurpose:toseekand
strivetobeinclusiveandadaptabletotheneedsoftheEastVillageinhabitants.
AnalysisofEastVillageCommunity
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DataCollectionMethods
Aspreviouslymentioned,thedatawerecollectedfromasurveymadetotheEastVillage
community.TheEastVillagehasapopulationofabout13,000residents.Oursurveysample
sizewas364people,whichgivesusadataerrorrateofabouta7%.
ThesurveywasdistributedbyTheEastVillageResidentsGroup,whoemailedthesurveyto
everyoneontheirmailingcontactlist.Inadditiontothis,itwaspromotedelectronicallywitha
link,whichwaspostedonsocialmedia,aswellastheDowntownNewspaper.
OursamplesizemaynotberepresentativeofthewholeEastVillagepopulationbecause
weonlytested2.8%oftheentirepopulation.Though,theinformationisusefultohavea
generalizationabouttopicsrelatedtotheEastVillageanditscommunity.
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Results
FigureA
Onthesurvey,peoplerespondedto
eachquestionona15scalewhere1
indicatesstronglydisagreeand5represents
stronglyagree.FigureAshowsthe
responsesforthestatementEastVillage
offersenoughrecreativespaces.After
analyzingthesurveyresults,Ifoundthat152outof364peoplerespondedwitha1or2,meaning
that41.8%ofpeopledisagreethatEastVillageoffersenoughrecreativespaces.FigureAalso
showsthat35%ofpeoplerespondedwitha3,whichrepresentsneutralitytowardsthestatement.
FigureB
FigureBshowstheresponsesforthe
statementTherearemanyopportunitiesto
connectwithneighborsandothercommunity
members.Themeanresponsewasof3.33and
thestandarddeviationoftheres
ponsesisabout
1.05,showingthatnotalltheEastVillage
residentsagreewiththestatement.Theshapeofthegraphislikeamountainpeak,which
indicatesthatthereisagreatnumberofpeoplewhoansweredwitha3.Infact,39%of
respondersdidnotcompletelyeitheragreeordisagreewiththisstatement.
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Conclusions
Basedonthefindingsofthesurvey,IthinkthatwhatIammainlyconcernedwithhereis
thattheEastVillageresidentsfeelsomethingismissingsomethingthatcomplementstheir
communityandmakesitevenbetterthanitalreadyis.Firstly,letusanalysethesurveyresultson
FigureA
,showingthatthemajorityofpeoplefindithardtofindrecreativespacestospendtheir
timeintheEastVillage.Consequently,letusproceedwith
FigureB
,showingthatthemajority
ofpeoplefeelneutralwhenitcomestohavingopportunitiestoconnectwiththeirneighbors.All
thisdatademonstratesthatthepeopleintheEastVillageareboredandnotcompletelysatisfied
withwhatthiscommunityoffersthem.Thingsthatarestillunclearincludewhatkindofnew
businessestheseresidentswouldliketoseeandwhatspecificservicesaretheonesthis
communitylacksof.Perhapsmoreresearchshouldbedoneinthefutureifwewanttoobtain
moreaccurateresults.
Overall,itismybelievethattheEastVillageneedsmoreengagingactivitiesinwhichits
residentscanspendtheirtimein,andcaninteractwithneighborsandothercommunitymembers
atanaffordableprice.Presentingthemsomethingthatwillrejuvenateandsparkthiscommunity
byprovidingitsresidentsbasicallywhattheyareaskingfor:aplacetomaketheirlivesinthe
EastVillageamore
gratifying
experience.