Chapter 1

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Chen, F., & Short, S.E. (October 2008). Household Context and Subjective Well-Being Among the Oldest Old in China. Journal of Family Issues 29(10), 1379-1403.

• Identify the basic research question as stated by the authors.
   
• Identify a dependent variable and an independent variable.
   
• Identify the level of measurement of each.
   
• Find an example of a descriptive and an inferential statistic.

McBrier, D., & Wilson, G. (August 2004). Going down?: Race and Downward Occupational Mobility for white-collar Workers in the 1990s.Work and Occupations, 31(3), 283-322.

• Identify the basic research question as stated by the authors.
   
• Identify a dependent variable and an independent variable.
   
• Identify the level of measurement of each.
   
• Find an example of a descriptive and an inferential statistic.

Edwards, L.M., Fehring, R.J., Jarrett, K.M., and Haglund, K.A. (2008). The influence of religiosity, gender, and language preference acculturation on sexual activity among Latino/a adolescents. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 30(4): 447-462.

• Identify the basic research question as stated by the authors.
   
• Identify a dependent and independent variable.
   
• Identify the level of measurement of each.
   
• Find an example of a descriptive and an inferential statistic.

Maimon, D., Browning, C.R., and Brooks-Gunn, J. (2010). Collective efficacy, family attachment, and urban adolescent suicide attempts. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51(3), 307-324.

• How are statistics used to corroborate theory in this article? How is the theory used to guide statistical methods?
   
• How does the theory used for this study add to the validity and science of the study?
   
• If no theory were used as a foundation for this study, would the statistical findings still be valid and reliable or would they lack meaning?