Primary research: Qualitative

Observation 

I wanted to find out how teens reacted to alcohol. This was a test to see if teens were consuming alcohol a lot or on a regular basis. I wanted to find this out because i pieced together that if teens were drinking on a regular basis they would either be doing it because they are board and there is nothing else to do so why not get drunk.


I had to create a test that i could observe that would give me better understanding of how much teens consume alcohol. I came up with an idea...

I placed a camera facing a table that had pink liquid within a small glass. Above the pink liquid was a sign saying "Pink lemonade with vodka".

The test was simple. See how many teens reacted to the test and see how many teens tried it.

Teens who were not interested in drinking alcohol would simply look at it and then walk away. Teens that were interested in alcohol would look at it, their attitude would become excited and gather friends, then try the pink lemonade.

Of course there was actually no vodka in the glass. It was just pink lemonade.

This test was held in the sixth form center for teenagers to try.

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21 people tried the liquid and 13 people did not try it.





Evaluation of results 



For the results i can identify that more teenagers are intrigued by alcohol than not. This indicates that the majority of teens enjoy drinking alcohol.

It comes down to the simple fact that they would not try it if they never had it before. clearly the teenagers that tried the pink lemonade have had alcohol many times before.

Form the observation, it has helped me better my understanding of teenagers consuming alcohol. I now understanding that they do consume alcohol and alcohol can lead to reckless behavior, therefore increasing the crime rate.

As a result, i understand that if there was more activities and social places for teenagers to go, they would not have to result to drinking alcohol. whether it is out of boredom or not, i strongly believe that if there more activities for them they would not have to even think about getting drunk.







Interview 






I found out from the interview that teenagers feel the same way as i do in terms of there being a lack of activities and the consequences of them. From this interview i feel that something should be done about it due to the interviewee feeling strongly about the issue, i noticed that all he wants is a better society.