1. Does job satisfaction decrease absenteeism at Walgreens?

 

Identify the target population.

a. Walgreen workers

b. Humans

c. adults

d. adolescents

 

Is this a basic or applied research question?

 

Does the question seem to require an observational, survey or experimental research design?

 

What sampling procedure would you recommend the researcher use? Sample random sampling, Cluster, convenience, stratified random, or quota sampling.

 

Explain your answer:

 

Imagine that the research question was explored using surveys and a correlational research design. Essentially, employees were asked how satisfied they are with their jobs and how often they had been absent during the previous year of work. Imagine haphazard sampling procedures were used. Would this have a significant impact on the conclusions drawn from the research? Yes or No. Explain

 

2. Do erognomic (applied science of equipment design) working conditions increase productivity?

 

Identify the target population (office workers, humans, working adults, adolescents)

 

Is this a basic or an applied research question.

 

Does the question seem to require an observational, survey or experimental research design?

 

What sampling procedure would you recommend the researcher use? (simple random, cluster, convenience, stratified random, or quota sampling)

 

Explain your answer.

 

Imagine that the research question was explored using an experimental design. People in similar jobs were randomly assigned to an ergonomic working condition or no ergonomic working condition. Those in the ergonomic working condition were given new equipment or were not (control condition). After four weeks the productivity in the experimental and control groups was compared. Those in the ergonomic working condition had higher productivity than those in the control condition. Now imagine that haphazard sampling procedures were used. Would this present a problem for external or internal validity? Yes or no. Explain your answer.

 

3. Do more men or women cut in line? Does age matter?

 

Identify the target population (men, women, humans, adults)

 

Is this basic or an applied research question?

 

Does the question seem to require an observational, survey or experimental research design?

 

What sampling procedure would you recommend the researcher use? (simple random, cluster, convenience, stratified random, or quota sampling) Explain your answer.

 

Imagine that the research question was explored using an observational research design. Imagine that to collect the data, one went to the ticket booth where tickets to an extremely popular performance were being sold). Would you be confident about the type of conclusions drawn from the data? Explain.

 

4. Do natural serotonin supplements alleviate symptoms of depression as well as pharmaceutical (serotonin reuptake inhibitor)therapies?

 

Identify the target population? (people w/depression, people w/out depression, humans, adults)

 

Is this a basic or applied research question.

 

Does the question seem to require an observational, survey, or experimental research design?

 

What sampling procedure would you recommend the researchers use? (simple random, cluster, convenience, stratified random, or quota sampling) Explain

 

Imagine that the research question was explored using a survey/correlational researcher design. People w/depression were asked what kind of therapy they were using and then asked to report the length and severity of their symptoms before and after treatment. Would haphazard sampling procedures have a significant impact the conclusions drawn from the research? yes or no. Explain

 

Imagine that the research question was explored using the experimental research design. People w/depression were randomly assigned to a natural or pharmaceutical therapy condition and their symptoms were then closely monitored. Imagine further that participants in the pharmaceutical group showed marked and significant improvements in symptoms compared to those in the natural therapy group. Would haphazard sampling procedures have a significant impact on the conclusion drawn from the research. Yes or no. Explain

 

5. Are sampling procedure more important in applied or basic research contexts? explain

 

Are sampling procedures more important in experimental or non-experimental (quasi-experimental, observational, correlational) contexts? Explain.

 

Thanks!

Dolores