Questionnaire

Order Description 1) Develop a clear, specific, sociological research question that will in" rel="nofollow">investigate the relationship between two social phenomena/behaviors/facts. 2. Conceptual and Operational Defin" rel="nofollow">initions (5pts) 2) Clearly identify the variables in" rel="nofollow">in your research question 3) Identify which variable is your in" rel="nofollow">independent variable, and which variable is your dependent variable. 4) Provide a conceptual defin" rel="nofollow">inition for each variable. (i.e. similar to dictionary defin" rel="nofollow">inition) 5) Describe what ‘type’ of variable each variable is. 6) Provide an operational defin" rel="nofollow">inition for each variable. (i.e. how the variable is goin" rel="nofollow">ing to be measured) 3. Hypothesis (1pt) 7) 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) 8) Develop 5-10 closed-ended questions a. Some of these should measure basic socio-demographic characteristics (i.e. age, race/ethnicity, gender, SES) b. The rest should be in" rel="nofollow">indicators for your variables c. These should be constructed based on the ‘type’ of variable you are measurin" rel="nofollow">ing. 9) Develop 2-5 open-ended questions for to help measure your variables a. This is goin" rel="nofollow">ing to help provide some rich qualitative in" rel="nofollow">information and serve as a check for the in" rel="nofollow">internal validity of your close-ended questions 5. Samplin" rel="nofollow">ing Design (2 pts) 10) Describe your population, samplin" rel="nofollow">ing frame, and method 11) Describe your sample 6. Admin" rel="nofollow">inister the Questionnaire (1 pt) 12) Have 3-5 people complete your questionnaire. a. This may be done face-to-face where you ask the questions, the respondent answers, and you record the in" rel="nofollow">information b. 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" rel="nofollow">in the kitchen) c. When askin" rel="nofollow">ing people to complete the questionnaire, you need to in" rel="nofollow">inform them that it is voluntary, and their identity will be kept confidential i. Do not put a place for name on the questionnaire 6. Compile the results of your questionnaire in" rel="nofollow">into a table (1 pt) 7. Analyze the results of your questionnaire (see chapter 12) (3 pts) 15) Provide descriptive statistics (counts) of the responses 16) Identify trends in" rel="nofollow">in the data results 17) Conduct a chi-square test (optional) 18) How do these results help you to answer your research question 8. Peer-Reviewed Article (3 pts) 19) Fin" rel="nofollow">ind 1 peer-reviewed article that is related to your research question. 20) Briefly describe the article (thesis/research question, hypothesis, methods, fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings) 21) Compare and discuss the methods and fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings of the article to your own small study 9. Discussion (4 pts) 22) Briefly summarize the research purposes, methodologies, and key fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings (in" rel="nofollow">in a non-statistical manner) of your study 23) What are the strengths of your study and fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings 24) What are the weaknesses of your study and fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings 25) Discuss implications for future research on your research question 10. Reflection (1 pt) 26) Briefly discuss what you learned about research methods through this assignment.