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GROUPTWO:Angelical,Cedrick,Kyle,Sean

ACollaborativeResearchProposalthatdiscusses
1.Whatthetopicofyourinquiryis
TheBMIscaleisdefective,impreciseandunreliable,anditneedstobemodifiedforpersonaluse

ratherthanwhatitcurrentlycalculates.
2.Whatquestionsareyourprojecttryingtoanswer?
SEAN

HowcouldweeitherimprovetheBMIscaleorwhatcouldwereplaceitwith?
Genre:Infographic
HowcouldwedepreciatethepopularizationandsignificanceoftheBMIscale?
Genre:Advertisement

ANGELICA

HowhasBMIchangedoverthepastcenturies?
Genre:Timeline
HowcanwebreakdowntheBMIscaletobetterunderstandit?
Genre:VisualInfographic/Chart

CEDRICK

InsuranceinfluenceonBMI,andhowitisdetermined.(Whoisaffectedbythis?)
Genre:Infographic
HowsugarincreasesinfoodisconnectedtoBMI
Genre:Editorial

KYLE

HowdoestheinaccuraciesoftheBMIscaleleadtopsychologicalorevenphysicalproblems
Howdoestheinaccuraciesaffecthowwedetermineapersonsoverallhealth?

Genres:
Survey
Textual&VisualInfographiconStatistics

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Whatistherhetoricalsituationofyourgeneralgroupproject?

Ourprojectisgearedtowardtheaudienceofthoseintheagerangeof1840.Thisagerangeis
themostcriticalwhenyoulookattheBMIcalculation.Beinghealthyearlyonisveryimportantwhenyou
takeintoconsiderationlaterlife.InouropinionthatBMIscaleandformofcalculationisinaccurate.Through
researchwewillexplainourreasoningandprovideddetailstobackitup.

4.
Whichgenreiseachpersonofthegroupdoing?
Howdoesthegenreaddressthequestionsyour
inquiryistryingtoanswer?

SEAN
ThefirstquestionIwillbeansweringisHowcouldweeitherimprovetheBMIscaleorwhatcould
wereplaceitwith?Toanswerthisquestion,Iwillbeexploringthedifferentpossiblealterationsof
theBMIformula,andIwillbeexploringreplacementsforBMIingeneral.Iwillbepreparingan
infographicwiththeinformationIfind.MysecondquestionisHowcouldwedepreciatethe
popularizationandsignificanceoftheBMIscale?ToanswerthisoneIwillbetalkingtopeople
aboutwhytheBMIscalefailstodoitsjobandtryingtohelppeopleuseanalternativeformulato
findoutiftheyarehealthyornot.Iwillbemakingasimpleadvertisementandpostingthemaround
campustoraiseawareness.

ANGELICA
ThefirstquestionthatIwillbeansweringwithonegenreis,howhastheBMIchangedoverthepast
centuries?Manyleadsandotherfollowquestionscanbebranchedoffofthisquestion.Thegenre
isgoingtobeadetailedtimelineofthegradualchangeindatesofthebodymassindexscale.The
secondgenrethatIwillbedoingisagraphorinfographictovisuallyshowhowtobreakdownthe
BMIscaletobetterunderstandit.Withdetailedcolorandvisualstorelaythemessageonhowto
betterformulatewheretheindividualispinpointedonthescale.

CEDRICK
IwillberesponsibleforexplainingtheinfluenceBMIhastodetermineinsuranceingeneral.Indetail,
Iwillexplainwhoitaffectsandwhy.Iwillcreateaninfographictovisuallygetthemessageacross.
MysecondquestionwillanswerhowsugarincreasesinfoodisconnectedtotheBMI,whichwill
alsotieintothehealthinsurancequestion.Iwillbeusinganeditorialtoexpressmyopiniononthe
topic.

KYLE
MyfirstgenreisaninfographicthatwillshowvaryingstatsonhowBMIcanaffectaperson

mentallyandevenphysically.Thesecondgenreisasurveythatcancollectdatatohelpdetermine
thepsychologicaleffectsoftheBMIcalculationandscale.Thesurveywillallowustomeasure
overallhealth,basedontheopinionofthesurveyuser,andcompareittotrendsinBMI.

5.Wherewillitbehoused?
Theentireprojectwillbeputtogetheronawebsite.ThewebsitewillbecreatedusingWeebly.
Weeblywillallowustocreateadynamicwebsitethatcanincludeeachofourprojects.Thewebsitewillbe
publishedtotheinternetwhichmeansanyonewiththelink,oranyonewhosearchesforit,willbeableto
viewourprojects.Thesitewillhaveatabforeachpersonandwillhavesubpagesfortheirprojects.The
homepagewillincludeinformationonouroveralltopic.Apagewillbeavailableforworkscited.

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