Social Psychology: Research Exercise



5010150-217805003667125-21780500Social Practical/Research ExerciseWork bookletThe Aim (2)This research exercise aims to investigate differences in attitudes towards…and to whether there are any differences between…. between people from….This research builds upon the work of... who found that….and therefore this projects aims to see whether attitudes have improved or deteriorated since …. and WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/2The Introduction (5); This section must include a brief outline of other studies that have already been completed on this topic. There are some examples on psychology rocks.You should also give some context about the problems with homelessness in our own city for example. Use the articles on psychologyrocks and classroom as a starting point and any other research you care to conduct. WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/5The MethodDesign: This study compared two groups of participants and this is known as: independent measuresrepeated measuresmatched pairs design (delete as appropriate)The independent variable is whether the Pps are from …. Or …….In this study the IV cannot be manipulated by the experimenter and therefore this study is not an experiment. The groups are naturally occurring and this is known as a group differences study. The dependent variable in this study is the attitudes towards the homeless measured through questions such as ….WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/3Participants: The sampling method used in this study was…This is because…Particpants were recruited by…This was a useful because …There were XX Pps from …. And XX Pps from…You could also give some specific characteristics of the Pps (e.g. first language, you may want to contact the teacher for the school that you have chosen to compare with and find out a bit about their school ) WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/6The Materials: Please describe how you came up with the questions that you chose for your section of the questionnaire. You must describe any questions which were re-worded in the second draft to eliminate ambiguity, leading questions etc. In the exam you may need to explain problems with the study that you solved and this would be a good example.You also need to describe the standardised instructions and statement of ethical considerations and how these were put together. (8)Designing the Questionnaire (4):The Standardised Instructions (2):The Statement of Ethical Considerations (2):WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/8The Procedure (3)You need to provide some information about how the questionnaire was distributed to the Pps and how the data was collated and coded. WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/3Analysis of the dataExplain what is meant by measure of central tendency (2)Explain what is meant by measure of dispersion (2)Ratio DataWhich questions collected ratio data? How do you know? (2)What measures of central tendency and dispersion did you need to use? Be careful sometimes it is not appropriate to use a certina measure even if the data is ratio, why might this be (2)Ordinal DataWhich questions collected ordinal data? How do you know? (2)What measures of central tendency and dispersion did you need to use? (2)Nominal DataWhich questions collected nominal data? How do you know? (2)What measure of central tendency did you need to use? (1)WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/15The Results:Quantitative Data Analysis of the responses to the Closed QuestionsInsert a question that you asked here that collected ratio dataInsert label here (clue this is the IV)Insert group 1 hereInsert group 2 hereMeanStandard DeviationFeel free to copy and paste this table if you wish to analyse more of the questions that collected ratio data.You must also construct a fully labelled bar chart (3) to illustrate the difference between the means. This needs to be hand-drawn on graph paper please using a ruler. This might seem childish but you will have to do this in the exam so it is important to practice. It is critical that you title the graph and label both axes (including units) and make sure the bars are not touching each other or the y axis. There is a section on psychology rocks about bar charts but you should also consult your Molly Marshall textbook and the Spotty dog book for more plete the following FREQUENCY TABLE using tallies to show the results of one or more of the Likert questions where people had to indicate the extent to which they agreed with various statements. (2) No. of Pps who agreed with the following statements…Insert one of your statements here….Strongly AgreeAgreeNeither agree/nor disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeInsert Group 1 hereInsert Group 2 hereAgain you are welcome to copy and paste this table as many times as you like if you wish to analyse more of the Likert questions. Now that you have tallied the responses, you can calculate the modal response (MODE), i.e. which was the most frequently occurring response for each statement. What percentage of the sample fell into each category?You also asked a question that was on a rating scale where the Pps had to circle a number.Tally the number of people who circled each score, write out all the scores in order and calculate the median for each groupInsert the question here12345678910Insert Group 1 hereInsert Group 2 Show your workings for the two medians here:Show your workings for the range here:You also need to plot a histogram (3) to show the frequency of people of circled 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10. Again hand draw this on paper as you might need to do this in the exam. Seek advice from Rocks and your textbooks. You can always submit a photo of your hand drawn graphs and charts!WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/22Results of the quantitative analysis (4)You need to write a paragraph which describes the findings from the analysis conducted above, commenting on the means and SDs, medians and ranges, percentages and modes, the skew of your histogram, etc.WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/4Qualitative Data Analysis of the responses to the Open QuestionsThematic AnalysisYou now need to analyse the qualitative data for at least one of the open questions. You need to “identify emergent themes”. Choose the data for the two nationalities you want to compare. Copy and paste the quotes from the spreadsheet into a table where you can conduct your qualitative analysis of the quotes for each nation and see whether there are differences in the frequencies with which each theme arises in the two groups and whether any themes are specific only to one of the two nationality groups.You will need to conduct the following stages of analysis…“Close reading” where you highlight the answers and pick out themes/issues that seem to arise in what they are sayingWrite the issues into the emergent themes box and tally similar examples of this theme in all the other answers that you read, soon you will discover whether theme is only apparent in the Pps answers from one nation or both or in which nation the theme is more common. Keep on adding more lines to this table for each emergent theme in the answers.Insert the open question you wish to analyse hereEmergent themes in the open ended answersInsert group1 hereInsert group2 hereResults of the qualitative analysis (4)You need to write a paragraph which describes the findings from the analysis conducted above.WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/4The Discussion (strengths, weaknesses and possible improvements)GRAVE Remember to use the sandwich model just like when you are writing an essay about someone else’s study! e.g.One strength of my practical was….For example…This is important because…One weakness of my practical was…For example…This is important because…The types of information that you could include relate to sampling decisions, ethical considerations, whether the questions asked for quan or qual data and how this was then analysed, (think reliability, validity, objectivity, subjectivity) Remember juts like in all other evaluation , you will NOT score for GENERIC points, all point must be carefully contextualised, (i.e. related to sepciufic procedural details of YOUR PRACTICAL)You will need at least ONE strength and weakness but please feel free to copy and paste and come up with as you like as this will allow you to choose the best one for the exam.One problem that I faced with my practical was…For example…This is important because..We solved this problem by… OR This problem could have been solved by…For example…This would have helped to improve….The findings might have been different had this change been made, for example…You will need at least ONE problem and solution but please feel free to copy and paste and come up with as many problems as uu like as this will allow you to choose the best one for the exam.WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/9Conclusions (3)Look back at your aims and summarise what can be inferred from the data you have collected regarding the difference between the two groups that you compared with regard to their attitudes towards people who are homeless, make sure you think about both the quan and qual data in your conclusion.WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/3References:Provide the full academic references for any book, article or website used in your report. Use the referencing sheet from psychologyrocks to ensure you have done this properly. This is an ESSENTIAL skill for university. (2)WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/2WWW:EBI:DIRT:X/86 ................
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