Question

Discussion: Data and Statistics in Social Science

a Create a social science research question that you would like to learn more about. Note that everyone should create a unique question. An example might be, “Does alcohol abuse increase the rate of domestic violence?” Write down your question here.

b What is the population of interest for your specific question and why?

c What type of sampling method (name the method and define it) would you use to collect data to answer your question, and why?

d Describe a study that you might perform to answer your question. Include whether your study is experimental or observational, and why

Answer 1

a) My research question is "Does social media like facebook, reddit and so on affects grades of college students.

b) The population of interest is "all college students".

c) For this, i can use convenience sampling. I can go to some schools to collect data. I cannot do random sampling because i have only limited resources and convenience sampling is the best possible sampling for me.

d) Study is observational study because we cannot randomly assign students to social media group and without social media group. We merely observe/ask students about their previous grade, number of hours they spend on social media and current grades.