Data Analysis

1. After looking at this data I was very surprised about many things here. First of all, why is it that 90 percent of people actually admit to leaving home electronics and appliances on? When you think about it, that means that so much energy could be conserved if that 90 percent of people would just turn off their appliances and electronics. If they're not being used, why do they need to be on? Anther thing that shocked me was that approximately 33 percent (the majority) said that they actually used their electronics and appliances two to three hours a day, but then over half of the people said that they leave them on for 2-3 hours a day. This means that people are using their appliance/electronics for the same amount of time that they are just leaving them on! This truly amazed me.

2. I was very surprised about the result that a lot more people than I would've thought actually invest in energy saving electronics and appliances. I wasn't expecting near as much as one third of the people actually doing that. I know that it's not a lot, but going out and replacing a refrigerator or a computer with an energy star computer or refrigerator is a really big deal. I think this shows that people are actually becoming aware of what is happening to the environment. 

3. I had a lot of expectation, some were met and others were not. For example, I thought that people would have a lot more than just 2-3 electronics/appliances that they frequently leave on. I thought the number would be a lot bigger, more like 5 or 6. Also, I didn't think near as much people would have invested in energy saving electronics/appliances but they actually did. The other thing that didn't meet my expectations was the fact that people would leave things on for the same amount of time that they use them.  I wasn't surprised to see so many people leaving on their appliances/electronics even though it was a very large number.

4. After analyzing this evidence, I feel the appropriate angle to approach this in is to make people use their common sense. I think that once we show people how stupid it is to have all of the things in their home on when it's not being used as for the same time that they actually use it. Once people realize this, they'll understand how dumb that is, which will cause them to change their ways.