psychology assignment 4 pages

Due Date: February 20 by 11:59pm

Length: A minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 written pages double spaced. Title page, graphs and charts, bibliography, and questionnaire, do not count as part of the 3 to 5 pages.

Purpose:

Psychologists employ a variety of research methods to draw conclusions about human behaviour. The purpose of this assignment is to engage you in an ‘experiential’ exercise which will demonstrate your knowledge of survey research. In addition to the Lesson material, you will be required to do further readings on various aspects of survey research if you wish to do well.

Your written assignment must be submitted electronically by the due date. Make sure you follow the instructions for submitting your paper. Failure to submit it properly can mean a grade of zero.

Steps to be taken for this assignment:

STEP 1:

Design a questionnaire in order to conduct survey research at Seneca College. The questionnaire must contain a minimum of 10 questions..

STEP 2:

Administer your questionnaire to at least 40 Seneca students

STEP 3:

Compile your data collected from the 40 interviews.

STEP 4:

Write a paper following the Instructions below.

STEP 5:

Submit your paper electronically using the link provided.

Instructions:

Hypothesis: “A healthy lifestyle leads to higher grades at College?”

Section A: Questionnaire design (25%)

Develop a survey questionnaire which includes demographic data collection as well as information to determine if a healthy lifestyle leads to higher grades at College.

Include a copy of your questionnaire with your submission. Your questionnaire will be evaluated according to your knowledge of what constitutes good research questions for reliable data collection.

1. Define open-ended, closed-ended, and fixed response questions and explain why researchers might use one type instead of the other. (10%)

2. What research principles did you consider when creating your questions which are important to collecting valid and reliable data? (10%)

3. Explain why researchers do pre-tests of their questionnaires. (5%)

Section B: Knowledge of Research Methodology (30%)

1. Discuss how you chose your sample of 40 people to interview and what steps you took to ensure the sample was random/not biased. (10%)

2. Identify and discuss some important things you need to consider when conducting interviews to ensure respondents provide reliable answers. (10%)

3. Identify and discuss what ‘external variables’ may have interfered with or influenced your data collection during the interviews. (10%)

Section C: Present and Analyze your Findings (30%)

1. Compile graphs and charts to present your findings

2. Discuss the findings of your research and what conclusions you were able to draw from your data.

Section D: Summary (15%)

1. Summarize what you learned from this experience.