Abdulla Ali

4/28/2016
Work of Art sampling
The sample for the current quantitative study consists of 42 students enrolled at
PSU. Of the 42, 14 were male (19.7%), 23 were female (32.4%), and 4 (5.6%)
Identified themselves as transgender or just did not answer. The racial composition
of the sample was as follows: 25 (35.2%) Caucasian, 1 African American (1.4%), 3
Latino (4.2%), 3 Asian (4.2%), 7 Mixed/more than one chosen (9.9%), 1 was other
(1.4%), and 2 did not answer. The minimum age in this sample is 18, and maximum
is 31 (M=20.80, SD=3.148)

Final Project
Introduction:
The purpose of this research was to find out if income levels affected how much people
incorporate art in their life. The reason why this is important is because we wanted to find out if
art has a connection with your socioeconomic status and how much income can affect your
exposure to art. This research was done by asking random PSU students on campus to complete a
survey that had a wide variety of questions
Method/participants:
This study was done by giving out surveys to Portland State University students on campus.
Some of the surveys were handed outside, some were given by professors, and some were slid
under the door of the students dorms. The youngest age participated was 18 and highest was 31.
Results:

Chi-Squared Test of Independence

A chi-square test of independence was used to evaluate the relationship between income and the
desire to incorporate art in their career. (See figure 1). We found an insignificant relationship
between income and the desire to incorporate art in their career, 2(1, N=33) = 0.21, P = 0.886
Essentially, group A was more likely to plan to incorporate art in their lives, (42.2%) as group B
(57.6%). However, an implication to take note of is that the sample size was a bit too small to
have enough explanatory power.

Independent Sample t-test

An independent-samples t-test was conducted to evaluate the hypothesis that low income
students would typically spend less time participating in art. Contrary to this hypothesis, group A
had almost the same participation and exposure to art (M = 3.08, SD = 1.613) than group B (M =
3.56, SD = 1.236), t(n) = 2.43, p = .02. Figure 2 displays this result.

Discussion:
We found an insignificant relationship between income and the desire to incorporate art in their
career, 2(1, N=33) = 0.21, P = 0.886 Essentially, group A was more likely to plan to incorporate
art in their lives, (42.2%) as group B (57.6%). This is important because it proves that peoples
current income does not affect the persons decision to incorporate art in their career. However,
an implication to take note of is that the sample size was a bit too small to have enough
explanatory power. In order to make the research more valid and reliable, there should be a
bigger sample surveyed to insure that the results are consistent. Another thing that could change
would be the way the question is asked because it is not clear what kind of art the question is
looking for. Each person has a different definition of art, for example, a person can think that
accounting and personal finance is art if thats what they actually want to do but other people
would think of it as just a subject. It is also very easy to answer a question on a paper saying that
you want to incorporate art in your career but it is different when a person is in a position where
they have to choose whether or not take that job. Therefore, a longitudinal study can be more
effective in getting more valid findings.