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Asking Research Questions: Focus on Cross-Cultural Research

Asking Research Questions: Focus on Cross-Cultural Research

1. descriptive - prevalence or frequency of a trait • Example: What is the

1. descriptive - prevalence or frequency of a trait • Example: What is the prevalence of false memory among Latino college students? 2. causal - causes of a behavior Four types of questions • Example: Why does false memory occur among Latino students? 3. effect - directional • Example: Do cultural values affect the occurrence of false memory? 4. relational - non-directional • Example: What is the relation between the occurrence of false memory and ethnicity?

Research question should be stated in a single sentence. Is there a relation between

Research question should be stated in a single sentence. Is there a relation between test anxiety and ethnicity?

Do you have access to an appropriate sample? Is there research related to the

Do you have access to an appropriate sample? Is there research related to the question? Do you have the means to answer this question? Do I have access to prior research related to the question? Do I have the time required to answer the question? Do I have access to the tools necessary to answer the question? Scales Technology Is the question too narrow? Too narrow: • Is there a relation between ethnicity and arm tattooing? Sufficiently broad: • Is there a relation between ethnicity and tattooing?

Descriptive questions… frequency of one variable Identify your variables Causal questions… DV known, seeking

Descriptive questions… frequency of one variable Identify your variables Causal questions… DV known, seeking IV Effect questions… IV known, seeking DV Relational questions… two DVs (relationship unknown)

Create a research question and identify the type – introducing the e. HRAF database

Create a research question and identify the type – introducing the e. HRAF database vocational preference of Apache boys https: //ehrafworldcultures-yaleedu. lscsproxy 2. lonestar. edu/ehrafe/dispatch. Search. do? method=document. Search&c ol=collection%28%27%2 Fe. HRAF%2 Fethnography%2 FNorth. Amer%2 FNT 21%27%29 &owc=NT 21&owc. Matches=1&owc. Docs=1&cache=0

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