1.

Introduction
For my research project I am focusing on The Weather in Boston, USA, versus the
weather in Beijing, China. I chose this because I was very curious about what the
weather was in China and this was the perfect opportunity. I have learned almost
everything that I wanted to learn and i also got to see what my classmates thought
without having researched my topic and it was similar to what i thought before I started
this project which is pretty interesting.
2. Key Variables
My first topic is Air Quality i wanted to research this topic because in the past i heard
about beijing having terrible air quality and i wanted to see it this was true. Second is
Humidity, third is Average Wind Speed this interested me because i live in south boston
right on the water so it is usually windy here, # of sunny days per year is fourth because
i love the sun.
3. Data Comparison with table and resources
Key
Variables

Beijing, China

Boston, USA

Air quality

160
October 2014
http://aqicn.org/city/beijing/us-embassy/

45
Oct 2014

Humidity

59
oct 2014
http://www.beijing.climatemps.com/humidity.ph
p

69
oct 2014
http://www.currentresults.com
/Weather/Massachusetts/hum
idity-by-month.php

Average
wind speed

7 MPH
oct 2014

11.8 MPH
oct 2014
http://windspeed.weatherdb.com/l/114/B
oston-Massachusetts

http://www.windfinder.com/windstatistics/beiji
ng_capital_airport

http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?
action=airnow.local_city&cit
yid=69

# of sunny
days per
year

200
june 2014

2784 hours
june 2014

http://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/massach http://www.currentresults.com
usetts/boston
/Weather/China/annualsunshine.php

4. attitude scale survey with link

https://docs.google.com/a/bostonk12.org/forms/d/1NjMFoBy0i7MR9DVy1PnmtnwCLZKtnFKB
-B3V9alMji0/viewform
5. attitude scale survey result with table and link
Attitude scale
questions
1. Do you agree
beijing needs to have
a better regulation to
improve air quality?
2. Do you agree
bostons air quality
will stay healthy
within the next 50
years?
3. Do you agree that
the wind speed is
higher for Boston
since it is on the
coast than china?
4. Do you agree that
bostons humidity
will decrease or
increase in the next
50 years?
5. Do you agree that
the number of sunny
days in boston will
stay the same in
years to come?
6. Do you agree or

Strongly
disagree

Disagree

Agree

Strongly
agree

10

disagree that Boston

needs better
regulation for dealing
with snow?
7.Do you agree or
disagree that the
sewer system in
Boston manages
precipitation well?
8 .Do you agree or
disagree that Beijing
will get more snow
than Boston this
year?
9.Do you agree or
disagree that Beijing
winters are colder
than Boston winters?
10. Do you agree or
disagree that
Bostons
temperature will
increase over the
next 50 years?

10

6. data analysis
When I got my feedback from my surveys I was not too surprised with my
feedback that I received from my surveys especially number Do you agree or disagree
that Boston needs better regulation for dealing with snow? more than 75% agrees with
this one because they were stressed out about all of the snow last year and the city
having nowhere to put it all. Number 8 (Do you agree or disagree that Beijing will get
more snow than Boston this year?) was a question the surprised me because beijing
barely gets any snow and boston gets a lot of snow.
7. In-depth interview questions
1. Has the air quality gotten better or worse since you were a child?

2. DOes the low wind speed affect the the amount of renewable energy from wind
turbines
3. Has the number of sunny days decreased since you were young because of global
weather change?