SAGE Journal Articles

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Article 1

Chen, F., & Short, S. E. (2008, October). 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.

Article 2

McBrier, D., & Wilson, G. (2004, August). 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.

Article 3

Edwards, L. M., Fehring, R. J., Jarrett, K. M., & 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 variable and an independent variable.
  • Identify the level of measurement of each.
  • Find an example of a descriptive and an inferential statistic.

Article 4

Maimon, D., Browning, C. R., & 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?