+1 862 207 3288 Research Methods
The purpose of exercise is to develop a short questionnaire containing both close-ended survey questions and open-ended questions. Students will go through the research design process from research question, to survey construction, to analysis of survey results and theory building using a peer-reviewed article.
This assignment does NOT have to be written in essay format. You may organize it by section, question number with question text, and then your answer. APA formatting should be used throughout. Any time your paraphrase or directly quote a source (such as your article), in-text citations should be used. 1.Research Question (1pt) 1. Develop a clear, specific, sociological research question that will investigate the relationship between two social phenomena/behaviors/facts. 2. Conceptual and Operational Definitions (5pts) 1. Clearly identify the variables in your research question 2. Identify which variable is your independent variable, and which variable is your dependent variable. 3. Provide a conceptual definition for each variable. (i.e. similar to dictionary definition) 4. Describe what ‘type’ of variable each variable is. 5. Provide an operational definition for each variable. (i.e. how the variable is going to be measured) 3. Hypothesis (1pt) 1. Develop a hypothesis for your research question – a statement of what direction you believe the relationship between your two variables will be. 4. Questionnaire Construction (3 pts) 1. Develop 5-10 closed-ended questions (*for groups: 10-15 questions) a. b. c. Some of these should measure basic socio-demographic characteristics (i.e. age, race/ethnicity, gender, SES) The rest should be indicators for your variables These should be constructed based on the ‘type’ of variable you are measuring.
2. Develop 2-5 open-ended questions for to help measure your variables (* for groups: 3-7 questions) a. This is going to help provide some rich qualitative information and serve as a check for the internal validity of your close-ended questions
5. Sampling Design (2 pts)
1. Describe your population, sampling frame, and method 2. Describe your sample 6. Administer the Questionnaire (1 pt) 1. Have 3-5 people complete your questionnaire. (*for groups: 10 people per person) a. b. This may be done face-to-face where you ask the questions, the respondent answers, and you record the information This may be done via a form that people fill out (i.e. it could have been sent to some friends/family via email or handed to them in the kitchen) When asking people to complete the questionnaire, you need to inform them that it is VOLUNTARY, and their identity will be kept confidential Do not put a place for name on the questionnaire
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6. Compile the results of your questionnaire into a table (1 pt) 1. This provides you with a simple count 2. *For groups only: consolidate data and consult with professor by Week 6 about data analysis. Sample Table Indicators Socio-demographic measures Age Gender Etc. Variable 1 Measured by Q1 Q3 Q8 (open-ended) 38 female Respondent 1
C – neither agree nor disagree D – disagree R1 described their daily activit in the household…
Variable 1
Measured by Q2 Q5 Etc.
5 hours 3 days a week
7. Analyze the results of your questionnaire (see chapter 12) (3 pts)
1. Provide descriptive statistics (counts) of the responses 2. Identify trends in the data results 3. Conduct a chi-square test (OPTIONAL) 4. How do these results help you to answer your research question 8. Peer-Reviewed Article (3 pts) 1. Find 1 peer-reviewed article that is related to your research question. 2. Briefly describe the article (thesis/research question, hypothesis, methods, findings) 3. Compare and discuss the methods and findings of the article to your own small study 9. Discussion (4 pts) 1. Briefly summarize the research purposes, methodologies, and key findings (in a non-statistical manner) of your study 2. What are the strengths of your study and findings 3. What are the weaknesses of your study and findings 4. Discuss implications for future research on your research question 10. Reflection (1 pt) 1. Briefly discuss what you learned about research methods through this assignment.
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