All of us have a tendency to categorize people into stereotypic groups. If you look around at the students on campus, you will see science geeks, artsy freaks, jocks, wallflowers, cheerleaders, and party animals, just to mention a few. Part of stereotyping is to assume that all the individuals in a particular category share some common characteristics that make them different from the rest of us. These assumed differences can be the basis for a research study. a. Describe a research study that could be used to determine whether the stereotype is accurate. That is, describe a research study that would determine whether the characteristic you identified really is different for the stereotypic group.
All of us have a tendency to categorize people into stereotypic groups. If you look around at the students on campus, you will see science geeks, artsy freaks, jocks, wallflowers, cheerleaders, and party animals, just to mention a few. Part of stereotyping is to assume that all the individuals in a particular category share some common characteristics that make them different from the rest of us. These assumed differences can be the basis for a research study.
a. Describe a research study that could be used to determine whether the stereotype is accurate. That is, describe a research study that would determine whether the characteristic you identified really is different for the stereotypic group.
We can consider the assumption of spending more hours studying as the topic of the research study. The claim would be that the students in the top 10% performance chart study for more hours as compared to the rest of the students in the class.
Study design:
We can consider two groups of students. Each group will have same number of students. One group will consist of the top 10% performers of the class and the second group consists of the rest of the students. Now the researcher finds out the number of hours each student in both the groups’ studies each day. Then the same is recorded. The mean hours for each of the group are calculated.
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