Our survey now has multiple pages, with the format being:
Page 1 - general questions on prior knowledge
Page 2 - general stem cell research information and more questions
Page 3 - more specific information pertaining to the ethics and opinions of others

Further pages are still being considered, and wording has been a concern that is harder than it seems. The survey must be as unbiased as possible, and finding the right way to convey information without swaying the opinion of the survey taker is difficult.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1b-CuYzpDkulwgev4R3SaqW0yj7YXLZRxgXIypz36Z_8/viewform

We are unsure if this link will work since it is a "view form" link for our gmail accounts. Once we release the real thing, we will be posting the link up here.

Today we began our survey, using Google Forms.
While figuring out how to work the document, we also encountered the problem of wording and how to prevent people from accidentally looking ahead.

Using multiple pages seems to be the best way to avoid revealing information ahead of time. We will be releasing this survey via email as soon as we complete it and figure out a way to deliver it to everyone. Our best bet for doing this is asking Mr. Correa to send it out, like how Steven sent it out.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1b-CuYzpDkulwgev4R3SaqW0yj7YXLZRxgXIypz36Z_8/viewform

Today we continued our research and are searching up vehicles to deliver our survey. With the April deadline fast approaching, we need to push our survey and deliver it soon so that we have time to compile our data.

"Online Surveys

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that online surveys are becoming the most popular and cost effective type of surveys. The technology has grown rapidly and the number of people able to access the internet has grown as well. On a global scale, online surveys are the most cost-effective way to reach the greatest number of people.

However, email inboxes are quickly becoming the same as the mailboxes outside our doors, stuffed with mail we don’t want. This makes it easy to lump e-mailed survey invitations into the ‘junk mail’ category. But once someone responds to your survey, you will get the results immediately, eliminating the long wait times of mailed surveys."

https://www.nbrii.com/blog/what-type-of-survey-method-is-best/

We decided a while back to use an online method, and using Google forms seems the best route to take for this. We will begin working on it next class, since we spent time exploring our other options during this one.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/272284.php

In this new report researchers bring the idea that embryonic stem cells are controversial but have been some of the most promising so far. As mentioned in our presentation we brought up the idea that the use of technology could push the public acceptance of such procedure, recently a team at the University of California started cultivating SC using carbon nanotubes as scaffolds that imitate the supporting cells in which the stem cells grow in the body.

Most of class was taken up discussing our presentations with Mr. Correa, and after, while reviewing Dr. Grinnell's excerpt he sent us a while back, we decided to take a closer look into the Helsinki Code of Ethics. This set of ethics covers a range of topics on human research, and other things.

We have also decided to expand our presentation to examples of other medical practices, such as in vitro fertilization, that were at first not accepted, but later reconsidered. Stem cell research could possibly be another example of a medical procedure that is later accepted with advances in technology and a change in societies perspective.

Today we did our presentation and listened to other people present. Wednesday will be the last day of presentations. 

Today the next set of thesis presentation began, and we spent today's class listening to other presentations.