Element A

Element A Description

Element A is our problem statement and problem justification. Below are the problem statement document, problem justification, and the survey we conducted to justify our problem.

Problem Statement -

For our problem statement, we needed to include the who, what, when, where, and how many related to our topic. In the document, you can see how we started off with a rather lengthy problem statement, and with the advice of our teacher, we gradually simplified the statement into the one seen at the second from the bottom. If you don't want to read the entire document, our final problem statement is:

Relatively speaking, when walking around the house, safety is of utmost importance, but for many people, there is a good chance you will stub your toe at least once a week. For the people who do stub their toe, when you feel your foot jams into a wall or furniture it is always a very painful experience, and it can lead to other problems such as broken nails, infections, spraining, and in the worst cases, fractures.

Problem Justification -

We decided that the best way for us to justify our problem would be to get the public's opinion on a possible product. To do this, we created a survey and sent it to every person at our school. The results that came back supported creating a product to solve our problem. Included below are some of the more signifying results from our survey, but if you want to see the entire survey, click the Problem Justification button to see the full survey results. Each question has a description of how the results justify our problem.

This question shows that 36% of people stub their toes weekly, and 9% stub their toes daily. Keep in mind, 9% of the U.S. population is still 29.5 million people.

This question proves that some people frequently stub their toes, seeing as 21.9% of people said that they had either stubbed their toes that day or the day before.

This question was included to see if people think a product that would stop toe-stubbing would be worth using. 30.9% of people said that it could be worth using.

Below are links to the original Problem Statement Document and to our full survey results.

Problem Statement Document

Survey Results

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