Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences
Second Edition
Web Exercises
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Web Exercises
1. Imagine that you are interested in learning about children and adults’ perceptions of safety in the United States.
- Search online to get a sense of how perceptions of safety are measured, if perceptions of safety have changed over time, and what triggers changes in perceptions of safety
- Create a research question
- Describe how you would conduct a between-subjects experimental design
- In addition to describing the study and how you would go about conducting it, describe any ethical issues you would have to consider
2. Go to Baba Shiv: Sometimes it’s Good to Give Up the Driver’s Seat
- Watch the “Baba Shiv: Sometimes it’s Good to Give Up the Driver’s Seat” TedTalk
- Why is this research study considered between-subjects design?
- What are the independent variables?
- What are the dependent variables?
- What type of statistical analyses could be conducted to determine significance?
3. Go to Ben Ambridge: 10 Myths about Psychoogy, DeBunked
- Watch the “Ben Ambridge: 10 Myths about Psychoogy, DeBunked” TedTalk
- What research studies are considered between-subjects design?
- Why?
- Describe the experimental and control groups that were mentioned
- Describe if each of the studies mentioned were experimental or quasi-experimental