Hypothesis
Many people do not know what it really means to be a Christian. In, high school you do not normally see people acting like Christians, but you ask them they will say they are Christian. Being a Christian means doing the right thing, and standing out from the crowd. I want to know for sure how Christian teens should act. Everyone should know that you are a Christian. I think I will find that most teenagers will claim they are Christians but do not talk about Him or act how they should.
Context
My target audience for the survey was teenagers. I chose this audience because I am researching how Christian teens act. My data is reliable because all my questions are easy to answer and are not confusing. I changed the question “are you a Christian?” because I did not think it was broad enough. At first I only asked if they were Christians, then I changed it and asked it and asked what religion they belong to. I don’t think that change skewed my results any.
Ages
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13
5
|
14
5
|
15
6
|
16
6
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17-30
4
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40-50
2
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Are they Christian?
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5
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5
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6
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5
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3
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2
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Has an idea of what being a Christian means.
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5
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4
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6
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6
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4
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2
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How often they talk about God.
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A) 1
B) 3
C) 1
D) 0
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0
3
2
0
|
0
5
1
0
|
1
3
2
0
|
3
1
0
0
|
1
1
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Teens do not act like Christians
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True) 5
False) 0
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5
0
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6
0
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6
0
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4
0
|
2
0
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How often they pray per day
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1) 0
2) 3
3 and up) 2
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1
2
2
|
1
2
2
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4
1
1
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2
0
2
|
0
0
2
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How comfortable they are talking about God
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1) 0
2) 0
3) 0
4) 0
5) 0
6) 0
7) 0
8) 0
9) 2
10) 3
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
|
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
|
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
4
|
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
|
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
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How important is God?
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A) 5
B) 0 C) 0 D) 0 |
5
0
0
0
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6
0
0
0
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5
1
0
0
|
3
0
0
0
|
2
0
0
0
|
Data Analysis
What I found from my data was most people say they are Christian, but they said they only talk about God some of the time. Twenty-six people said they were Christian but only six of them said they talk about God regularly. Another thing I found was that everyone except one person had an idea of what it means to be a Christian. The respondents do not talk about him all the time and four of them put six or lower when I asked how comfortable they were talking about God. The other consistence I noticed was that sixteen people said they only pray one or two times a day. If you are a Christian, you should want to pray all day long. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says to pray without ceasing.
Conclusion
In, my hypothesis I said that people said they are Christians but do not act like it in school. Based on my data, I would say I was correct. The amount of people that said they were very comfortable talking about God surprised me because I thought one of the reasons people did not act Christian was because they were not comfortable doing it.
Follow Up
From here I want to research more, and find the answers to all my questions. I think that the next question I need to answer is how you get save. I need to answer this because it is how you become a Christian and get to heaven.
