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I need  Hypothesis and Methods Proposal – One page. Please answer the each of the below questions in a sentence or two.

Title: The influence of social media on different age groups

( I’m interested in learning are you online more than going outdoors and physically talking to people. And does the use of social media portal affect your social skills “dating and meeting a person personal)

The groups: I have access to online families, my son, my son's friends, my sister, cousins and my social media friends 30/30 people. I will have access to friends younger and older, 21-60 are the ages.  

Research questions: I’m interested in learning are you online more then going outdoors and physically talking to people. And does the use of social media portal affect your social skills “dating and meeting a person personal”.

Variables: Controlled variable – the length of time spent online surfing the internet or if getting a positive reaction from being on or off social media.

Correlation: the type of study will be online collecting data if negative stop your social skills correlation.

Hypothesis: If being on social media more would have a negative impact on your social skills.

The type of statistics: I would be coefficient correlation measuring the two variables.

 Manipulating on social media: can a person forget about physical relationships.

What could go wrong: A person might be untruthful about how much time spend online daily.

I need Hypothesis & Methods Proposal

Hypothesis written as a statement (stating a relationship between variables) 

This must be a STATEMENT that  predicts a relationship  between two variables.  You may have more than one hypothesis if you are predicting more than one thing, but each prediction is a separate statement. This cannot be a question, and it cannot be a general broad statement.

List all variables AND how you will measure them –

If this is an experiment, indicate your independent and dependent variables

The IV is predicted to have some kind of influence on the DV.  If you are predicting a correlation, you may not have a true IV, but you still must list your two (or more) variables.  If your variables are directly observable, you need to state EXACTLY how they will be measured (in enough detail so that another researcher can exactly replicate your study).  For a true IV, where you have manipulated levels, you need to explain the difference between those levels in detail.

If your variables are internal constructs, indicate your operational definition (how you will specifically measure them)

Anything that cannot be directly observed (like a behavior) is an internal construct and you must provide an operational definition. For example, if I am measuring pride, I would say that I am measuring pride using a validated measurement of pride and people with higher scores on the scale are thought to have higher levels of pride.  

If you are using a measure or questionnaire that already exists, list the citation or attach the questionnaire.  

For any internal construct, you really need to find a measure (usually a survey) that already exists in the literature.  Because if it’s already published, we can know that it has already been validated and found to be reliable.  If you develop your own survey questions, you can’t know for sure if they are truly reliable and valid and if they are actually measuring what you think they are measuring.  Sometimes, there is not already a survey that measures what you want, so you will have to make you own.  In that case you need to include those questions here along with how you will score them.  

Describe the data collection.

How will you gather data? Where are you getting your participants?  Describe this in detail.

Methods Proposal –

Are you using humans? (if yes, answer below) Yes..

Who are your participants? Facebook, family, school, Son..

(list any specific demographics you’re looking for) Your sample will be a convenience sample from the circles and groups that you have access to, like your facebook friends, the people in your neighborhood or at your job, church, or school.  Think about those people and design your study with those people in mind.  If you want to compare groups, make sure you have access to enough people in each of those groups.

Are they members of a protected group?NO

 (children, cognitively impaired, prisoners, pregnant women, etc.) the answer here should be NO.  You cannot survey anyone who cannot consent, which includes everyone above and also people in in-patient treatment centers, or rehabs, teenagers, or anyone else who might feel pressured to participate.

Where and how will you obtain them? online, In Person 

(if online, where/how will you share your survey)

Incentives (if there are any, indicate if there are any alternatives to participation) APA suggests NOT giving incentives because people could feel more pressured to participate, plus you shouldn’t be spending any money on this project.

Risks You MUST think about the risks.  This cannot be blank and you cannot say there are no risks.  The risks might be low, but you still need to mention any possible risks.  Risks might be internal (like feeling uncomfortable). If your study could physically hurt someone, you cannot do it.

Benefits This is not the same thing as incentives.  Benefits means that the study itself would somehow benefit the participant. Like, if you were studying a new cancer drug then one of the benefits would be that the drug might actually treat their cancer.  But we don’t do medical research, so yours might be more educational or maybe there are no benefits to the participant, only benefits to the community at large if we learn something about human nature.

How you will get their consent (if required) This is always required unless you are doing a behavioral observation in a public area.  But if you ask anyone questions or give anyone a survey, you MUST get their consent with a consent form.

How many participants will you need? You should have learned this in both stats and research methods, so go back and review how many data points you need to be able to make scientific conclusions.

Is this a behavioral observation?Yes

 If so, is it in public or in a lab setting? 

Are you obtaining any identifying information? The answer here should be no.  Think about ALL information that might identify a person and don’t ask those questions (general demographics like race and age alone aren’t identifying). The data must be completely anonymous.

How will you keep the data confidential? This is different from keeping it anonymous. It needs to be both anonymous AND confidential (which means that only those associated with the study can get the data, that includes you, your professor, and any other researchers on the study).

What non-variable demographics are you measuring (e.g. age, gender, race, etc.) List all non-variables demographics that you think might make a difference in the outcome.  You need to ask at least some demographics questions, even if they aren’t part of your study just so that you know who was in your sample and what populations are represented.  So age, gender, and race are the basic ones, but you might also ask about income, marital status, sexual orientation, political orientation, nationality, education level, etc. if you think those variables are related to your study in some way.  

Are you using any research helpers? (like actors/ etc.)

Any other important information:

If you’re not using humans (like archival data), write specifically where and how you will obtain your data and credit your source? This section won’t apply to most of you, but if you are doing an archival study with data already gathered and available online, you need to explain how you will find those data and give me some examples or links so I can see those data for myself.

Will there be any identifying information?

How will you keep the data confidential?

Please write 1 page for Hypothesis & Methods Proposal on the given title and answer the above listed questions