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SAGE Journal User Guide

Article 1: 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.

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

Article 2: 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.

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

Article 3: 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.  

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

Article 4: 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.  

1. How are statistics used to corroborate theory in this article?  How is the theory used to guide statistical methods?
2. How does the theory used for this study add to the validity and science of the study?
3. 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?