Question 1

Researchers at the University of Iowa conducted a study that focuses on distracted driving. When answering verbal correct or incorrect questions, respondents who answered the questions took about twice as long to direct their eyes to a new object on a screen than those not required to respond to verbal questions or who were asked no questions at all. The research is helping us understand how even a simple conversation can affect your brain's ability to focus on the roadway.
Adapted from Lewis, R.R. C. (2017, June 8). UI study explores why cell phone use leads to distracted driving. Retrieved July 2, 2019, from https://now.uiowa.edu/2017/06/ui-study-explores-why-cell-phone-use-leads-distracted-driving
Which research method do you think the researchers used? Are their data qualitative or quantitative? Explain your answers.

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Question 2

You want to know how men in roles traditionally deemed "women's roles" are treated, and how this compares to the treatment of men in traditionally "masculine" roles. You volunteer on a cancer unit at a hospital to get an insider's view of how patients, doctors, and female nurses interact with male nurses as well as how they interact with male doctors. Which research method are you using? Are your data qualitative or quantitative? Is it basic or applied? Explain your answers.

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Question 3

Research on the health of transwomen is largely focused on heterosexual HIV risk, but little is known about the health of lesbian and bisexual transwomen. Researchers used data from a larger study of HIV risk and resilience conducted with transwomen aged 16 to 24 years in the San Francisco Bay Area (n=259). Prevalence and demographic characteristics of lesbian and bisexual transwomen was assessed and models were used to examine the relationship between nonheterosexual status and alcohol and drug use. The research concluded that lesbian and bisexual transwomen had greater odds of heavy episodic drinking and illicit prescription drug use compared to their heterosexual counterparts, controlling for race/ethnicity, age, income, nativity, hormone status and history of feminization procedures.
Adapted from Arayasirikul, S., Pomart, W.A., Raymond, H. F., & Wilson, E. C. (2018). Unevenness in health at the intersection of gender and sexuality: Sexual minority disparities in alcohol and drug use among transwomen in the San Francisco Bay Area. Journal of Homosexuality, 65, 66-79. https://doi-org.mantis.csuchico.edu/10.1080/00918369.2017.1310552
Which research method did the authors use? Are the research qualitative or quantitative? Is the research basic or applied? Explain your answers.

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Question 4

This study aims to characterize distractions at family mealtimes and examine associations between father availability, distractions, and observed responsive feeding. Between fathers, mothers, and children, families spent almost half of the mealtime distracted. Fathers and mothers engaged in about equal amounts of distractions, and children engaged in more technology-related distractions than parents. Fathers' absence at the mealtime was associated with more child distractions and less maternal feeding responsiveness.
Adapted from Saltzman, J.A., Musaad, S., Bost, K. K., McBride, B. A., & Fiese, B. H. (2019). Associations between father availability, mealtime distractions and routines, and maternal feeding responsiveness: An observational study. Journal of Family Psychology, 33, 465-475. https://doi-org.mantis.csuchico.edu/10.1037/fam0000519
Which research method did the researchers use? Is it basic or applied? Explain your answers.

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Question 5

You are interested in studying the effect of state funding of universities on college graduation rates. Which research method would you choose? Will your data be qualitative or quantitative? Explain your answers.

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Question 6

You want to analyze TV commercials to see how often sex is used to sell products. Which research method would you use to do this? Will your data be qualitative or quantitative? Explain your answers.

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Question 7

An architect has hired you to study the way people use space and time at the airport given the increased use of portable technologies. She will use this information in creating her design for the new airport terminal. If you were to use only ONE research method to study this, which would you use and why? Would your data be qualitative or quantitative? Would your research be basic or applied? Explain your answers.

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Question 8

The management at the local organic food producer has noticed that its sales are increasing everywhere except in California, where they are actually declining. They have asked you to conduct research to understand the reasons behind this decline. Choose ONE research method you would use to study this. Explain your choice. Would your research be qualitative or quantitative? Basic or applied? Explain your answers.

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Question 9

You want to understand how adults who were bullied as children dealt with the bullying, and how they perceive it to have affected all aspects of their lives today. Which ONE research method would you use to research this topic? Explain your answer.

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Question 10

You want to know how the rate of suicide is affected by economic crises. Would you use existing statistics or secondary data analysis to conduct your research. Why?

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Question 11

Use the example of a survey of voters' opinions on health care to explain/demonstrate the difference between a research method, a sampling method, a sample, and a sampling unit.

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Question 12

Choose the research method you would use to most appropriately address the following topic: 
You are going to research the effect of receiving financial aid on graduation rates.

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Question 13

Choose the research method you would use to most appropriately address the following topic:
You want to know how state budget cuts are affecting students' ability to stay in school.

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Question 14

Choose the research method you would use to most appropriately address the following topic: 
You have been given the job of distributing federal bailout money to the communities in your state that have been hardest hit by economic recession. You need to conduct research to find out which communities are suffering most.

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Question 15

You have been asked to research a proposed new policy that would change benefits for deceased veterans' wives and their children. Specifically, you want to know how people affected by the proposal react to it. Which ONE research method would you use? Explain.

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Question 16

This study examined the space and meaning of two CrossFit gyms as an introduction to a broader discussion on CrossFit subculture and evolving discourses about the body, health, and fitness. Specifically, the gyms' location, layout, and open arrangement of moving bodies revealed three major themes about CrossFit space: a place that blurs the line between exercise and menial labor in an otherwise sedentary and technologized society; a place that is inclusive specifically in terms of gender, age, and ability, yet exclusive socioeconomically; and a faux-elite sporting place that inadvertently produces wild and untamed bodily movements. Results of the study suggest that CrossFit's popularity in recent years foreshadows a dramatic shift in the social function of recreational fitness toward forms of exercise that are more inclusive, and yet at the same time are more socially competitive and hierarchical.
Adapted from: Crockett, M.. C., & Butryn, T. (2018, June). Chasing Rx: A spatial ethnography of the CrossFit gym. Sociology of Sport Journal, 35, 98-107.

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Question 17

We investigate the impact of conflict on the educational and health outcomes of children born years after the conflict ended by exploiting geographical variation in the intensity of the genocide that occurred during the Khmer Rouge (KR) regime in Cambodia. We find that children of individuals who were of prime marriage age during the genocide and experienced greater intensity of genocide have worse educational and health outcomes. In particular, for each standard deviation increase in the intensity of the genocide, averages childrenred during the Khmer Rouge (KR) regime in Cambodia. We find that children of individuals who
Adapted from: Islam,A., Ouch, C., Smyth, R., & Wang, L. C. (2017, June). The intergenerational effect of Cambodia's genocide on children's education and health. Population & Development Review, 43, 331 2017

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Quiz 1: Introduction

You are interested in studying the effect of state funding of universities on college graduation rates. Which research method would you choose? Will your data be qualitative or quantitative? Explain your answers.

You want to analyze TV commercials to see how often sex is used to sell products. Which research method would you use to do this? Will your data be qualitative or quantitative? Explain your answers.

You want to understand how adults who were bullied as children dealt with the bullying, and how they perceive it to have affected all aspects of their lives today. Which ONE research method would you use to research this topic? Explain your answer.

You want to know how the rate of suicide is affected by economic crises. Would you use existing statistics or secondary data analysis to conduct your research. Why?

Use the example of a survey of voters' opinions on health care to explain/demonstrate the difference between a research method, a sampling method, a sample, and a sampling unit.

Choose the research method you would use to most appropriately address the following topic: You are going to research the effect of receiving financial aid on graduation rates.

Choose the research method you would use to most appropriately address the following topic: You want to know how state budget cuts are affecting students' ability to stay in school.

You have been asked to research a proposed new policy that would change benefits for deceased veterans' wives and their children. Specifically, you want to know how people affected by the proposal react to it. Which ONE research method would you use? Explain.