Exam 4: Surveys

Describe what a hypothesis is and why it's important in survey research.

Would your research be confidential or anonymous? Explain the difference, and why you choose to make it the one you indicated.

What is your sampling frame?

Which mode of delivery would you use and why?

You are testing the hypothesis: "Children who receive counseling between the ages of 5 and 10 for past trauma are less likely to see a therapist regarding substance abuse later in life than children who receive such counseling for between the ages of 11 and 15." Are you engaging in inductive or deductive research? Why?

You are conducting a follow-up survey of people who participated in conflict mediation during a divorce. You are interested in knowing how their attitudes about mediation have been affected by their participation in the process. You have a small budget but are not in a hurry. Many of the participants chose mediation because they could not afford a divorce attorney, so your population includes many low-income individuals. Which mode of delivery would be best, given the situation?

How will you pretest your survey?

Would your research be confidential or anonymous? Explain the difference, and why you choose to make it the one you indicated.

Describe the steps you will take to draw this sample based on the mode of delivery you chose.

Based on the hypothesis that you have just written, conceptualize one variable that you would need to use in order to test your hypothesis.

Describe the steps you will take to draw this sample based on the mode of delivery you chose.

Describe the steps you will take to draw this sample based on the mode of delivery you chose.

You are doing research on adverse childhood experiences (ACES) among divorced people. Write your research question.

Based on the hypothesis that you have just written, conceptualize one variable that you would need to use in order to test your hypothesis.

According to a positivist definition, objectivity means ______.

Write one hypothesis to test your research question.

Thinking about the mode of delivery you chose, list two problems you would be likely to have with getting a good response rate for this study, and what you would do to try to overcome these and thus maximize your response rate?

Based on the hypothesis that you have just written, design a survey item for one variable that you would need to measure. What level of measurement did you use and why?

Based on the hypothesis that you have just written, design a survey item for one variable that you would need to measure. What level of measurement did you use and why?

You are doing survey research regarding college students' attitudes toward a new proposal to end interest payments on student loans. Write your research question.