Assignment 7: Testing the Hypothesis
The Who: Minority youth from the ages of 13 to 18 years old in the Tampa Bay Area.The What: They struggle with staying out of the juvenile detention center and prison because of the bad influences that are around them.
The Why: To keep youth ages 13 to 18 years of age, out of the juvenile detention and prevent them from progressing into the prison system.
Testing the who: Are there others who have this need? Or, does everyone in your current 'who' share the need?
Testing the what: What are the boundaries of the need? Are all minorities a challenge?
The boundaries of the need are for minorities but not necessarily only for the Tampa Bay Area. All minorities are not a challenge, but you never know behind closed doors which ones are struggling.
Testing the why: Not everyone will perceive their need the same way; here, I'd like you to test the boundaries of the 'why' -- for the people who have the need you have identified, what are the range of whys that they offer? Does the "why" you have identified hold for everyone?
The range of whys can be for people to get some time away from home due to possible domestic violence, argument, relationship problems, or etc. This does not have to only be for students to stop violence in crime in the area but it is definitely the primary initiative.
In Part 1, you must interview five people. These interviews must be lengthy enough for you to get the information you need. In these interviews, you want to ask questions that try to capture the variation in the whos, whats, and whys, and your objective is to test the boundaries of your opportunity hypothesis.
Person A: Everybody could use it, but other people of different races also get in trouble. Most of the minorities fall within this boundary of need. Minorities in the projects would appreciate it more because it would keep them away from certain influences and allow them to go personally or for a sport.
Person B: I don’t think it is a need for everyone because not everyone is going to embrace sports, but people of all ages can be affected through some type of medium. Instead of making just a sports facility, you can offer classes for kids to learn educational things such as programming or you could offer entertainment activities such as playing video games. Minorities in general fall within this boundary. There will definitely be a stronger effect on certain people, but every minority can have that certain influence. All of this depends on what pressures they have that can get them to do the wrong thing.
Person C: There are definitely some white individuals who fall into this boat they are just rarely talked about. Normally it is low-income youth that falls below the poverty line. You might see this often in individuals with single-parent households or people who are raised by grandparents.
Person D: Everybody could use this because you never know who is struggling. You never can understand the need of others. You have to just offer this service to all people so that politically you are not criticized.
Person E: You need to look at all people when determining who this is for. I think this would be extremely beneficial for minorities but there are also others that are struggling as well.
Include your write-up of each step in your assignment. For step 4, please summarize what you find. Given your interviews, what do you know about the opportunity that you didn't know before?
Throughout my interviews, I saw that it wasn’t just minorities that were experiences this problem. I also did not know think of offering different services outside a potential gym and facility for people to play sports. One of my people that I interviewed made a great point that you can offer all different types of services to be able to affect everyone.
Person A: Everybody could use it, but other people of different races also get in trouble. Most of the minorities fall within this boundary of need. Minorities in the projects would appreciate it more because it would keep them away from certain influences and allow them to go personally or for a sport.
Person B: I don’t think it is a need for everyone because not everyone is going to embrace sports, but people of all ages can be affected through some type of medium. Instead of making just a sports facility, you can offer classes for kids to learn educational things such as programming or you could offer entertainment activities such as playing video games. Minorities in general fall within this boundary. There will definitely be a stronger effect on certain people, but every minority can have that certain influence. All of this depends on what pressures they have that can get them to do the wrong thing.
Person C: There are definitely some white individuals who fall into this boat they are just rarely talked about. Normally it is low-income youth that falls below the poverty line. You might see this often in individuals with single-parent households or people who are raised by grandparents.
Person D: Everybody could use this because you never know who is struggling. You never can understand the need of others. You have to just offer this service to all people so that politically you are not criticized.
Person E: You need to look at all people when determining who this is for. I think this would be extremely beneficial for minorities but there are also others that are struggling as well.
Include your write-up of each step in your assignment. For step 4, please summarize what you find. Given your interviews, what do you know about the opportunity that you didn't know before?
Throughout my interviews, I saw that it wasn’t just minorities that were experiences this problem. I also did not know think of offering different services outside a potential gym and facility for people to play sports. One of my people that I interviewed made a great point that you can offer all different types of services to be able to affect everyone.
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