My research method is to do a survey. I plan on finding at least 10 participants for my research. They will be girls and guys on campus so that they will be “college age”. I plan on asking some people that I know, and some that I do not know. No there will not be any potential danger to the participants. I will protect my participants by not using their names, and if I refer to their survey specifically I will change their name so no one will ever know who they are. The survey that I will had out will have 12 questions and depending on the answer the participant gives they will get a 1,2,3,4, or 5 for every question. If they have over a 42, then one website states that you are a shopaholic. Then I will ask a couple questions after they take the survey asking if they think their result was correct or not. I plan on asking them if they think that college age students are likely to go into debt from shopping.
I don’t really have any questions about methods as of right now. I’m sure that once I start to write my methods paper that I will have many questions about it.
I think that 1-5 scale is a really cool concept. It will show the surveyor their level in a justifiably manner. Also it sounds to be very organized and thought out. Good shit merokie!
Hey Katie,
I really like the type of survey that you are going to do for your research. I can’t wait to see what types of questions you are going to ask. I like how you will be protecting the participants identity. If you want I can participate in your survey but IDT that I am a shopoholic.