Project Title: Myopia and its Correlation with Near-work Activities, outside Light Exposure, and Diet
BASIS Advisor: Mr. Hirsch
This project will determine the extent to which environmental factors, such as light exposure, near-work, and poor diet affect the prevalence of myopia in Jewish adolescents in the city of Brooklyn. Additionally, in the process of the research, genetic inheritance will also be considered as it is one of the two main components to developing myopia and can either posi<vely or negatively affect the data within the study. The research method utilized within this study will consist of a quantitative analysis of Jewish adolescents with myopia through surveying. The survey will consist of questions regarding the par<cipants commitment to the religion, average time spent outdoors, the average amount of time spent doing near-work ac<vi<es, and how healthy the participants have been throughout their lifetime.
My Posts
AP Research Week 12: Future Areas for Research
Jun 12, 2022
Hello everyone! For this weeks blog I’d like to just talk about a few potential areas for future research in relation to the findings presented in my research. One area for new research could expand upon the city of Brooklyn and instead research on the whole state of New York, which will likely get a […]
AP Research Week 11: Analysis between the correlation of diet to prevalence of myopia
Jun 11, 2022
Hello everyone! This is the final week of correcting my previous analysis in week 4 + 5, in which I will be talking about the correlation of diet to the prevalence of myopia. Next week will most likely be the final week, and will be wrapping everything off with some future areas for research. The […]
AP Research Week 10: Analyzing the correlation between time spent being outdoors to prevalence of myopia
Jun 11, 2022
Hello everyone! Welcome back to the blog! This week I will be talking about the correlation between time spent being outdoors to the prevalence of myopia that was found within my study. Next week, I will be doing an in-depth analysis on the correlation between diet and myopia in order to correct my previous analysis. […]
AP Research Week 9: Correlation between time spent doing near-work activities to myopia
Jun 11, 2022
Hello everyone! For this week’s blog, I will be doing a more in-depth analysis on the data I previously talked about in week 4 + 5, as some of the analysis there was incorrect and needed some revision. I will be doing the same for time spent outdoors and diet in the next few weeks. […]
AP Research Week 8: Limitations
May 21, 2022
Hello everyone! For this weeks blog I’d like to just talk about a few limitations that were found within this research as it is important for future studies to potentially resolve these limitations. One limitation is that this study is solely based on the participants’ self-report of each question. There was no way to monitor […]
AP Research Week 7: Implications of Research
May 21, 2022
Hello everyone! Although I said the blog has ended on Week 6, I would like to quickly address some implications of my research in this weeks blog. Firstly, due to the hypothesis being mostly disproved for all environmental factors, genetics could be one of the leading causes that affect the prevalence and onset of myopia […]
AP Research Week 6: Presentations and Final Submissions
May 04, 2022
Hello everyone! Last week was the final week for submitting our finished papers and doing the presentations. It has been a pretty hectic week overall, but we got it all done! For this week, I would like to just quickly summarize all of the research that I have been doing. The main purpose of this […]
AP Research Week 4 + 5: Analysis of the Myopia Survey
Apr 25, 2022
Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! These past two weeks have been very productive. The analysis is mostly complete and I just have to make a few revisions in order for it to be fully done. Here’s the full analysis. In the case of the correlation between age and myopia, the results showed […]
AP Research Week 3: Results of Myopia Survey
Apr 12, 2022
Hello everyone! This week I have finally finished gathering all the results for my data. In total, there are 103 participants who decided to fill out the survey. Of these responses, I will be analyzing 66 responses as there were some individuals who submitted the survey more than once, were not in the correct age […]
AP Research Week 2: Finalizing Results of Myopia Survey
Apr 02, 2022
Hi everyone! This week I will be talking about my progress in regards to gathering data for my survey as well as future plans on how I will be analyzing this data. In my last blog post, I’ve stated that I needed at least 50 responses in order to conclude collecting data for my survey. […]
AP Research Week 1: Beginnings
Mar 09, 2022
Hello everybody! My name is Alan Grinberg, and I am a student who is currently enrolled in AP Research. For this week’s blog post, I will be introducing my topic of inquiry, briefly explaining where I am in the process of my research, and describing what I have planned for the future. Have your parents […]