I give Professor Robert Smidt permission to use this project in class or for any other reason and I don't mind if my name is used. Project #1 Data Source: The data was taken from A.O.L. (American On Line) chat rooms on January 19, 1999 from around 6:00pm to around 7:00pm. The address on the World Wide Web is www.aol.com. The questionnaire was administered by myself and a classmate by asking a random person …showed first 75 words of 543 total…

…showed last 75 words of 543 total…to organizations desiring to reach the Christian public for all different kinds of purposes, from advertising to encouraging. The results did surprise me because I had the impression that most of middle class America, especially young people, had turned away from religion, and the existence of God. This experiment reassured me that the group of people I consider myself to associate with still does believe in a higher being and does have faith in Jesus.