Data Analysis Research Proposal HELP!
Ms.Jackson
D1.docxDescribe how you would measure the dependent variable in the hypothesis you proposed in previous assignments.
The dependent variable in this study is mood. The hypothesis is that moods are determined by the color of a building's interior, e.g., where students' study. The effect is also determined by the age and gender of an individual. The approach to be used will assess the strength of the association between colors and mood-tones. The aim will thus investigate variations in participants' moods on two primary colors that will be classified into warm and cool colors. This helps identify facts associated with colors as a tool to use in studying human behavior where moods are involved.
One promising approach to measure moods is the constant-sum method that is based on the constant-stimulus model. This method requires the researcher to indicate the relative magnitude of two stimuli by dividing 100 points between them. This approach is based on Wexner's experiment in which he described 12 mood tones using two or more adjectives. i.e., "exciting and stimulating; secure and comfortable; distressed and disturbed, upset; tender and soothing; protective and defending; despondent, dejected, unhappy and melancholy; calm, peaceful and serene; dignified and stately; cheerful, jovial and joyful; defiant, contrary, hostile; and powerful, strong, masterful; and Pleasant" (Schaie, 1961). In his work, ten colors are represented, but, in this study, only two colors will be used (a warm-a blend of yellow, red, and orange and cool- a combination of blue and purple), and I will use only the first 4 mood tones.
A normalized scale value will show the relative scale value of different colors on 4 mood tones. The two categories of colors will be rated high or low on each of the 12 mood descriptions against the number of participants that behaved suggestively to a specific mood description. For instance, in a warm lecture room, 50 out of 70 student participants were excited and stimulated because they scored a scale value of 0.632 on average on the test scale (Schaie, 1961). A descriptive schema would then be devised to show each color with its most frequently associated mood description.
Explain why the measure is valid.
The constant-sum method is valid because it produces good replication of scale values from one researcher to another. Repeated scaling should show stability in coefficients, and this is an indicator that the measure is valid and reliable.
Also, describe a measure to check if the manipulation worked as intended (apart from its effect on the dependent variable).
Manipulation checks can either be verbal or non-verbal. In this case, I will use a non-verbal manipulation check to reduce the manipulation check's chances of becoming a manipulation itself (David J. Hauser, 2018). I will either use one of the following un-obstructive measures to make the participants aware that a manipulation check is being carried out. They include either observational measures, behavioral measures, or analyses of verbal measures (David J. Hauser, 2018). Participants will be asked to write a short essay describing their experience in studying at both sites. They will be required to separate their experience in the warm-colored sites against their cool-colored site experience. This is a more reliable alternative to the usual scale-rated manipulation checks that cause participants to identify what aspects within the scale that the experimenter is interested in.
Describe how you would measure the dependent variable in the hypothesis you
proposed in previous assignments.
The dependent variable in this study is
mood. The hypothesis is that moods are
determined by the color of a building's interior, e.g., where students
'
study. The effect is also
determined by the age and gender of an individual. The approach to be used will assess the
strength of the association
between colors and mood
-
tones. The aim will thus investigate
variations in participants' moods on two
primary
colors that will be classified into warm and cool
colors. This helps identify facts associated with colors as a tool to use in studying human
beha
vior where moods are involved.
One promising approach to measure moods is the constant
-
sum method that is based on
the constant
-
stimulus model. This method requires the researcher to indicate the relative
magnitude of two stimuli by dividing 100 points be
tween them. This approach is based on
Wexner's experiment in which he described 12 mood tones using two or more adjectives
.
i.e.,
"exciting and stimulating; secure and comfortable; distressed and disturbed, upset; tender and
soothing; protective and defen
ding; despondent, dejected, unhappy and melancholy; calm,
peaceful and serene; dignified and stately; cheerful, jovial and joyful; defiant, contrary, hostile;
and powerful, strong, masterful; and Pleasant" (Schaie, 1961). In his work, ten colors are
repres
ented, but, in this study, only two colors will be used (a warm
-
a blend of yellow, red, and
orange and cool
-
a
combination
of blue and purple), and I will use only the first 4 mood tones.
A normalized scale value will show the relative scale value of diffe
rent colors on 4 mood
tones. The two categories of colors will be rated high or low on each of the 12 mood descriptions
against the number of participants that behaved suggestively to a
specific
mood description. For
instance, in a warm lecture room, 50 ou
t of 70 student participants were excited and stimulated
Describe how you would measure the dependent variable in the hypothesis you
proposed in previous assignments.
The dependent variable in this study is mood. The hypothesis is that moods are
determined by the color of a building's interior, e.g., where students' study. The effect is also
determined by the age and gender of an individual. The approach to be used will assess the
strength of the association between colors and mood-tones. The aim will thus investigate
variations in participants' moods on two primary colors that will be classified into warm and cool
colors. This helps identify facts associated with colors as a tool to use in studying human
behavior where moods are involved.
One promising approach to measure moods is the constant-sum method that is based on
the constant-stimulus model. This method requires the researcher to indicate the relative
magnitude of two stimuli by dividing 100 points between them. This approach is based on
Wexner's experiment in which he described 12 mood tones using two or more adjectives. i.e.,
"exciting and stimulating; secure and comfortable; distressed and disturbed, upset; tender and
soothing; protective and defending; despondent, dejected, unhappy and melancholy; calm,
peaceful and serene; dignified and stately; cheerful, jovial and joyful; defiant, contrary, hostile;
and powerful, strong, masterful; and Pleasant" (Schaie, 1961). In his work, ten colors are
represented, but, in this study, only two colors will be used (a warm-a blend of yellow, red, and
orange and cool- a combination of blue and purple), and I will use only the first 4 mood tones.
A normalized scale value will show the relative scale value of different colors on 4 mood
tones. The two categories of colors will be rated high or low on each of the 12 mood descriptions
against the number of participants that behaved suggestively to a specific mood description. For
instance, in a warm lecture room, 50 out of 70 student participants were excited and stimulated
