https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu Create your own sociological research study en-us 2023-01-31 21:30:26 UTC 2023-01-31 22:24:43 UTC hello@padlet.com luisa_mejiavelilla https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463716995 Hypothesis: Frequent Social media use affects teenage girl's self image 
Type of research: Qualitative research using surveys and interviews 
Variables: Frequency of use of social media and self image 
Unit of analysis: Individuals 
Sample: 65 girls aged 13-16 
Limitations of the study: Social desiribility bias and generalizability (not random sample)

]]> 2023-01-31 21:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463716995 https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463744425 Hypothesis: Older people are more religiously committed
Type of Research: Surveys given to people of varying ages groups
Variables: Age and religious commitment
Unit of Analysis: Individuals 
Sample: 100 people of each age group: 15-25, 26-35, 36+
Limitations of Study: People may not be truthful, could be other factors (family history w/ religion), social desirability bias

]]> 2023-01-31 22:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463744425 https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463745117 Hypothesis: A student’s educational success is dependent on the funding of their school.
Type of research: Surveys, Historical Analysis 
Variables: Population density, size of schools, section of country
Unit of analysis: School scores on statewide testing (MCAS)
Limitations of study: Not very qualitative, does not focus on the individual experience]]> 2023-01-31 22:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463745117 tyler_fanuele https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463745124
Hypothesis: Chocolate is north campus's favorite flavor.
Type of research: Qualitative research using a survey sent out to students. 
Variables: Ice cream flavor
                  Amount of flavors tasted
Unit of analysis: Individuals
Sample: 100 North Campus Students
Limitations of study: Not all ice cream flavors can be tested for.]]> 2023-01-31 22:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463745124 https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463745147 Hypothesis: STEM majors are more productive than other majors
Type of research: Quantitative using surveys 
Variables:
Unit of analysis: Average and individual GPA's
Sample: 30 STEM majors and 30 non stem majors
Limitations: GPA may not define productivity]]> 2023-01-31 22:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463745147 https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463745273 Hypothesis: Frequent nicotine abuse amongst college student causes mental health problems and depression and anxiety.
Type of research: Quantative, surveys and interviews 
Variables: Frequency of nicotine abuse.
Unit of analysis: individuals
Sample: 50 girls and 50 guys from each grade 
Limitation: People not being honest ]]> 2023-01-31 22:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463745273 https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463747665 Hypothesis: The food at fox hall subsequently has many adverse affects on the students at UML.

Type of research: We will interview a quantitative number of students to observe qualitative outcomes through use of surveys.

Variables: Students who don’t have a meal plan or commute i.e. students who don’t eat at fox hall 

Unit of Analysis + Sample: 250 students of varying backgrounds and lifestyles

Limitations: Students may exaggerate with their answers or not answer all together.







]]> 2023-01-31 22:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463747665 https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463748986 James Peckham, Ruth Vargas, Mark Elman, Maxwell Borek, Devin Nguyen, Katelyn Bochetti
Hypothesis: students who switched majors/transferred will be more satisfied with their major. Question is how satisfied were you with your major upon graduation
Variables:
If they switched majors interdisciplinary or within the same field, how many times they switched majors, and how happy people were with different majors 
Units of Analysis: individuals 
Sample:
Population is UML students who have transferred/switched majors
Size is ~200-300 students 
Limitation of study: small age demographic, someone may not be honest about if they’re happy with make change (social confirmation bias)]]> 2023-01-31 22:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463748986 https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463749642 Research Question: Does more or less regulations cause fewer work place accidents in grocery stores?

Type of research: Content analysis

Variables: State, Age, level of regulation, experience

Quantitative research based pn number of accidents

Unit of analysis: grocery store

Limitations: Data limited, public vs private companies

Sample: 50 states and 1 store from each major chain]]> 2023-01-31 22:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463749642 https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463749781 Hypothesis: Some bottled water brands taste better than others.
Type of research: Qualitative with a blind taste test.
Variables: Different brands of bottled water.
Unit of Analysis: Individual
Sample: 100 UML Students.
Limitations: Possibly age group of the sample

]]> 2023-01-31 22:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463749781 https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463750436 Research question: Are college students satisfied with their dining hall food?

Research method: Surveys, Interviews

Variables: Frequency of eating at the dining hall, dietary restrictions, the food selection will be different every day

Unit of analysis: Individuals

Sample: A random selection of 150 students who report that they have eaten at the dining hall multiple times in the past week

Limitations of study: the study doesn’t account for those that have stopped eating at the dining hall because they don't like the food, the study has a relatively small sample size which may lead to inaccurate data]]> 2023-01-31 22:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463750436 https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463751361 Research question: Does what type of housing community one lives in (Urban, suburban, rural) effect the probability one believes in Bigfoot 
Type of research: Surveys, historical analysis (reported sightings)
Variables: Belief in Bigfoot, housing community
Sample: As many people as we can get? A lot. Enough to be statistically significant idk
Limitations: Response bias, social desirability
Unit of analysis: The individual

 

]]> 2023-01-31 22:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463751361 https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463751613 Hypothese: less sleep will result in poor performance for students

Type of research: Quantitative, using survey

Variables: independent variable: hours of sleep. Dependent: Grade

Limitations: students might forget to answer the survey or forget how many hours they slept ]]> 2023-01-31 22:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/luisa_mejiavelilla/85ayasrf05ijbpyu/wish/2463751613