Student Name: Emily Tredinnick

Step 1: Background
Research Question

1. Of those interested in taking nutrition classes, which is the most common health risk –
Prediabetes or food security?

Step 2: Variables and Constructs

1. Student age
2. Food insecurity
3. Prediabetes
Definitions:
1. Student age:
a. Conceptual Definition: We want to differentiate between students and their age.
Depending on their age this will determine what they maybe more interested in
b. Operational Definition: The school age of the student
2. Food insecurity:
a. Conceptual Definition: When an individual is unable to have enough food
throughout the week. The amount of food that they have each week is
inconsistent.
b. Operational Definition: Lack of consistent access to enough food for an active
healthy life. There is not enough resources in the house to provide for everyone.
3. Prediabetes:
a. Conceptual Definition: When an individual has health conditions that can develop
into diabetes.
b. Operational Definition: Blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high
enough yet to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes.
Step 3: Survey
1 – What is your current age?
 Younger than 16
 16
 17
 18
 19
 20
 21
 22
 23
  24
 25 and older
2- What is your biological sex?
 Male
 Female
3- What is your ethnicity?
 Caucasian
 African American
 Latino or Hispanic
 Asian
 African
 Native American
 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
 Two or More
 Other/Unknown
 Prefer not to say
4 - Where do you currently live?
 America
 Canada
5 – Do you know what diabetes is?
 Yes
 Kind of
 No idea
6 – Do you know what prediabetes is?
 Yes
 Kind of
 No idea
7 – Do you know what food insecurity is?
 Yes
 Kind of
 No idea
8 – If you were given the opportunity to take a nutritional class would you take it?
 Yes
 No
  Maybe
 Wouldn’t be my first choice
 9 – What nutritional topics interest you?
 10 – How interested would you be in taking a class on prediabetes?
 Not interested at all
 Kind of interested
 Interested
 11 – How interested would you be in taking a class on food insecurity?
 Not interested at all
 Kind of interested
 Interested
12 – Would you prefer to take a class on prediabetes or food insecurity?
 Prediabetes
 Food insecurity
Step 4: Pretest Your Survey
I had Chloe (Friend), Hannah (Friend), Sara (Cousin) and Timothy (Friend) take the survey for
me.
Step 5: Consider Your Data

Level of
Question Short Name Variable/ Construct Response Options
Measurement

 Younger than 16
 16
 17
 18
 19
1 Age Age Ratio  20
 21
 22
 23
 24
 25 and older

 Male
2 Sex Sex Nominal
 Female
3 Ethnicity Ethnicity Nominal  Caucasian
 African American
 Latino or Hispanic
 Asian
 African
 Native American
 Native Hawaiian or Pacific
 Islander
 Two or More
 Other/Unknown
 Prefer not to say

America
4 Location Student Type Nominal Canada

Do you know Yes

5 what diabetes is? Diabetes Ordinal Kind of
No
Yes
Do you know what
6 Prediabetes Ordinal Kind of
pre-diabetes is ?
No
Yes
Do you know what
7 Food insecurity Ordinal Kind of
food insecurity is ?
No
If you were given
the opportunity to Yes
take a nutritional No
8 Opportunity Ordinal
class would you Maybe
take it? Wouldn’t be my first choice

What nutritional
9 Nutritional topics Nominal
topics interest you?

How interested
Not interested at all
would you be in
Kind of interested
10 taking a class on Social Network Size Ordinal
Interested
prediabetes?

How interested
Not interested at all
would you be in
Kind of interested
11 taking a class on Social Network Size Ordinal
Interested
food insecurity?

Would you prefer

to take a class on Prediabetes
12 Social Network Size Ordinal
pre-diabetes or Food insecurity
food insecurity ?
Step 6: Consider Your Scoring
1. Student age: I will just compare the age groups and percentages, maybe using a pie chart.
2. Prediabetes vs food insecurity:
a. Add all the values of the diabetes and pre-diabetes questions
b. All of the interested will be combined either too interested in food insecurity or
prediabetes. The not interested will also be split the same as the interested. The
final question (Would you prefer to take a class on pre-diabetes or food
insecurity?) will be recorded in its own data set, the two options will be
compared.