Summary of all the survey data and key points

I've attached an image with the summary of the survey results in one table using the information Jordan posted yesterday; I was thinking we could just include the summary table on the poster. I've not included the questions asked for question 2 up to question 9 but we will include a key on the poster which we will refer to when talking about the results. The key is shown below the table.

I've also included some main points about the results; they're listed at the end. We can incorporate them into the poster briefly and do most of the talking. Obviously we will add to those when we meet up on Wednesday.

Results:

* Q2: Did you know that plants i.e. crops already contain their own DNA, scientists are just changing tiny fragments to exploit beneficial traits for the plant to grow? 

** Q3: Did you know that genetic modification has been occurring in plants for years via selective breeding?    

*** Q4: Did you know that food production needs to increase by 70% in 1st world countries and 300% in 3rd world countries by 2050 to keep up with the demand of a growing population?  

**** Q5: Did you know that current farming uses harmful pesticides and fertilizers to increase yield? These chemicals damage nearby ecosystems of rivers and forests as well as harming useful insects.

⁺ Q6: Did you know that plants can be modified to become healthier? An example of this is golden rice now carries beta-carotene, a source of vitamin A. 

⁺⁺ Q7: Did you know than plants can be modified to become insect resistant? An Example of this is potato plants expressing bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxins which has proven to allow resistance of Colorado potato beetle, the potato tuber moth and European corn border larvae. 

⁺⁺⁺ Q8: Did you know that plants can be made resistance to stress such as drought and cold? There are many plants showing drought resistance such as corn, cotton, potato, soybean, tobacco and wheat. 

⁺⁺⁺⁺ Q9: Did you know there are multiple safe methods used to insert the gene of interest into a plant? One of which is called transformation and used a binary (two) vector system. Another is known as ‘The gene gun’ and uses bombardment of heavy metal particles carrying DNA or RNA molecules.

Here are a few key points we can take away from our results:

1. The number of people who started the survey in support, not in support or undecided about GMO had reduced by the end of the survey; this may be because those who did not originally support or were undecided now do support it. 
2. The number of people who supported it at first decreased; They may have changed their view to undecided or not in support due to recieving new information from the survey which they were unsure about.
3. Q2 and Q3 gained high percentages (73.17%) indicating most participants had basic knowledge of GMO and it's uses.
4. A slightly large percentage of 68.85% did not know food production had to be increased to aid a growing population (Q4)
5. A large number of individuals (80.49%) were aware of the harmful consequences of using pesticides and herbicides to nearby ecosystems (Q5).
6. Q6 showed majority of the participants (62.50%) were aware of the possible health benefits of GM crops.
7. Figures for Q7 and Q8 had a similar value for yes and no (46-53%) showing only possibly half of the population could be aware of the environmental and economic benefits of GM crops.
8. Majority of people were not familiar with what was asked in Q9 possibly due to not coming from a scientific background and not knowing the detailed methods of transformation.

We are going to need to write-up the objectives and aims/hypotheses of the survey, we have the results and a brief discussion of the results (we need more to talk about though) and the pros and cons of our survey.

See you soon!
 - Tarnnum :)