Based on the attached document below, write about the method used for research in this format.Â
The information is given in tables, questions and answers.
Method
Participants
Incorporate information from your outline here.
Materials
Incorporate information from your outline here.
Procedure
Incorporate information from your outline here.
SOC200 Social Science Research Methods
Survey Method Section Outline
Participants
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Total number of participants.
266____________________________________________________________________
• Number of males and females & % of sample that are males and females (use table below):
Gender
# of Participants and % of Participants
Male
89.
33%
Female
176.
66%
Other: 1%
o Average and standard deviation age of participants: 39.3%1
o % of participants in each ethnicity (use table below):
Ethnicity
# of Participants and % of Participants
Caucasian / White
140
Hispanic / Latino
62
Black
31
Asian
30
Multiracial / Other
12
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Explain how participants were recruited
o Explain the sampling method we use? And what it means: We used snowball sampling. In the
snowball sampling method, we ask people do do the survey and we ask them to find people
they know to do the survey as well.
o How did we get people to take the survey?
We got people to take the survey by sending them the survey on a Link via email. We asked
them to do the survey, however we could not make them do the survey. The option was solely
on them if they decided to take the survey or not.
o Explain how the participants were compensated.
Participants were not compensated for this survey.
Materials
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Describe each survey, focusing in particular on those that are relevant to your hypotheses (but include
information about all variables that were assessed)
o Name of survey (if applicable): Rosenburg self esteem scale, (Rosenburg 1995)
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# of questions on survey: 10 Questions
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describe the scale (e.g., 1-4 agreement scale): The scale is numbered from 1-4. With one
being strongly disagree, two disagree, three agree, four strongly agree.
•
give a sample question: “ I certainly feel useless at times”
o Name of survey (if applicable): Perceived stress scale
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# of questions on survey: 10 questions
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describe the scale (e.g., 1-4 agreement scale): This scale ranges from numbers 0-4. With
0 being never and 4 being very often.
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give a sample question: “In the last month, how often have you been upset because
something happened unexpectedly?”
o Name of survey (if applicable): Subjective happiness scale
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# of questions on survey: 4 questions
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describe the scale (e.g., 1-4 agreement scale): The scale is from 1-7 with number 1 being
not a happy person and 7 being a very happy person.
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give a sample question: “In general, I consider myself”
o Other information
collected_:____________________________________________________________
5
Procedure
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Explain the entire process of completing the survey. (e.g., setting -> demographic
questions -> etc.):
Students were given the link to the survey in class, and were given 10 minutes to complete
the survey, afterwards they were given instructions to send the survey via email to 10 or
more persons.There was no compensation of participants, and it was solely up to the
participants if they wanted to complete the survey or not.
