Use the Data Collection Plan to describe how you plan to conduct the survey. You should plan to collect data from 30 to 40 people. Each team member is assigned a certain number of people to survey. Team members independently survey friends, neighbors, or family members. Here are some sample data collection plans:

• Ask other students to complete the survey during lunch. (It might take two days to get all the surveys.)
   
• Ask a local business (such as the grocery store) for permission to set up a table outside the door. Ask people who pass by if they would be willing to take a short survey to help you with your school project.
   
• Get permission from school administrators to distribute surveys to spectators at a school athletic event.
   

You should have a plan to be sure that a person is not surveyed more than once.

Consider having multiple writing utensils available so more than one person can complete surveys at the same time.