Data Translation: Findings

Fig. 1 Tally (author's own)

Fig. 2 Bar graph (author's own)

For the Data Translation project, I chose to ask people a question... One which I thought everyone knew the answer to, because I thought it was common knowledge... But I was mistaken. As surprising as it may be to those who know this fact to hear that a lot of people actually don't know it, it is even more surprising for those who didn't know this fact to find out about it! The question was, "Where do raisins come from?" and as a clarification question, I asked, "What fruit is a raisin?" just in case my first question was misinterpreted. Surprisingly, 32% of people didn't know a raisin was a grape! 31% of people thought a raisin was just a raisin fruit, 68% knew it was a grape, and 1% thought raisins came from another fruit.