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Allison's Survey Skills

I surveyed students around the UMC, or University Memorial Center. The students were made up mostly sophomores, juniors, and seniors. I asked students what year they were, if they ate in the dining halls, which was their favorite if they did, and why. 50 students were surveyed. This group was comprised of five freshmen, 10 sophomores, 12 juniors, 18 seniors, and five graduate students. Among these students, only 30 ate at the dining halls either on a regular basis or occasionally with friends. The 20 students who did not eat at the dining halls were made up of the following:
1 freshmen
4 sophomores
5 juniors
9 seniors
1 graduate student
These students did not eat at the dining halls either because they do not have a meal plan or they ate in the dorms only their freshmen year. Some students chose to eat at the UMC's Alferd Packer Grill instead because it is conveniently located and accepts Campus Cash.
Among the students that did eat at the dining halls, the majority of them preferred the C4C. Only one senior and one junior preferred Sewall, noting that their food "has always been awesome." The students who preferred the C4C were made up of the following:
4 freshmen
6 sophomores
6 juniors
8 seniors
4 graduate students
I observed the following trends as to why students preferred this dining hall over others:
1. They have the largest variety of food to choose from
2. The quality of food is better
3. They like the design and its convenient location to their classes
4. It is new and clean
5. It incorporates their favorite parts of other dining halls that were taken away, such as Cheyenne Arapahoe's excellent Grab-and-Go.

What Some Students Think

Sierra's Survey Skills

I tried my hand at conducting surveys around campus today. I had a pile of 50 with the set of questions my group agreed upon. The questions included what age the person is, if they ate at the dining halls or not, which one they prefer, and why it is their favorite. I got back 32 surveys after distributing them around the outside of the C4C and Ferrand grab-and-go. A small sample size, but it provided the following information:

1. Upperclassman with meal plans preferred the C4C to the other dining halls.
2. Freshman preferred other dining halls to the C4C.
3. People who preferred the C4C said it always had a variety of choices, and people who liked the other dining halls liked the menu rotation choices.
4. The favorite dining hall outside of the C4C was Libby, specifically for breakfast.
5. 7 out of the 20 kids who favored the C4C said it was because of the idea of the building (including location and because it is new) while the remaining fraction based their decision off of the quality of the food (including variety and convience).

There were 6 freshman, 14 sophomores, 9 juniors, and 3 seniors in my sample. After personally talking with a few of the kids I found that the C4C was mostly popular due to the atmosphere of the building and the sense of community. I personally am jealous of all the freshman who have more dining options now than I had!