My methods concerning this primary research will hopefully be as accurate as they are stereotypical, consisting of surveys, questionaires, and discussion groups. I plan on targeting people both from Western Pennsylvania as well as those who are not to get a sense of what both sides feel towards this concept of Pittsburghese. This will be a component of research within itself because in each survey and/or discussion the participant must identify their area of origin in order to help analyze the research. I am aiming to target young adults between the ages of 18 to 35, as I am trying to grasp a new and uncharted area of the exploration of Pittsburghese and I believe that looking to a younger generation will help with the modern aspect of this research.
I plan on handing out physical questionaires throughout the IUP campus as well as distribute them among my friends both at IUP and at home. I will also administer the same survey online and will use Facebook as an advertising method to entice people to participate in it. All answers of course will be anonymous, as the onl content applicable to the research will be demographic and not specifically personal.
You are focused
. I can wait until I can read your paper. Im from Philadelphia and am unsure what Pittsburghese is. LOL.