Research question: You will develop a research question of your choice and investigate it in an observational study. This study will involve observing behavior in public settings (in person or online), in which the participants will not have any reasonable expectation of privacy. You will not interact with the participants in any way; you will only observe and record the behavior of interest. The research questions will take the form of a 2X2 contingency table matrix, where the dependent variable is the number of people per cell. Example research questions and matrices are below. You should submit your research question and associated matrix (through eClass by 11:59pm on September 13th) so that I can provide feedback. You should not begin collecting your data until you have received feedback on your question. After receiving feedback, you may wish to change their topic; if so, you should discuss the new idea with me first.
Use this template; edit it to add your question, preregister your hypothesis, and agree to the statements about your participants and data collection location.
Note re: Social distancing: I expect all students to maintain social distancing and follow any public health orders when collecting their data. You should create research questions where you can collect data safely, without risking your own or others’ health. To do so, you might want to choose research questions where you can a) make observations from your car, or looking out your window, or some other distant location, or b) collect data from observing online behavior (e.g., behavior of people in YouTube videos, or using live street views).
Example #1: Personal cups at Starbucks.
Research question: Are female-presenting people more likely than male-presenting people to use a personal cup at Starbucks?
Contingency matrix: The #s would represent the count of observations (i.e., people) belonging to that cell.
Female-presenting
Male-presenting
Observed using personal cup
#
#
Observed using disposable cup
#
#
Example #2: Use of self-checkout at grocery store.
Research question: Are adults shopping with children less likely than adults shopping without children to use the self-checkout at the grocery store?
Contingency matrix: The #s would represent the count of observations (i.e., people) belonging to that cell.
Adults shopping with children
Adults shopping without children
Observed using regular checkout
#
#
Observed using self-checkout
#
#
Example #3: “Drama” on YouTube.
Research question: Are beauty influencers more likely than other types of influencers to mention “drama” in their YouTube videos?
Contingency matrix: The #s would represent the count of observations (i.e., people) belonging to that cell.
Beauty influencers
Non-beauty influencers
Mentions drama with other influencers in video
#
#
Doesn’t mention drama with other influencers in video
#
#
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I submit the assignment and this is the feedback i got from my teacher can you please read it below and fix it.
Unfortunately, your first research question doesn’t meet the criteria for the assignment, because it would involve interacting with the participants in some way, e.g., you would need to ask them questions to determine which group they belong to, or to determine their level of your dependent variable. You will need to change your question to be one that can be answered by simply watching people’s behavior, or making judgments about what groups they belong to. The second question does meet the criteria, but some of the components of the template are missing so I can’t approve your ideas yet. Please download the template, answer all of the questions, and then resubmit here or by email for approval. Thanks!
-And after that part I want you to do the second part of the assignment
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