pratical Flashcards
what was the aim of the practical
The aim of our practical investigation was to investigate if there are differences in obedience in different age groups through the use of a questionnaire
what was the IV
The age category of 16-18 years old and 19 years and above
what was the DV
Each participants obedience score out of 14 from closed question responses and themes linked to obedience from open questions
what was the research hypothesis
There will be a significant difference in obedience scores out of 14 and themes from open questions on a questionnaire on obedience between those aged 16-18 and those aged 19 +
was the hypothesis one or two tailed
This is a two tailed hypothesis as it does not state which age group would be more obedient than the other only that there will be a difference
what was the research method
The research method that we used was a questionnaire as we wanted to find out how obedient participants were and therefore wanted to ask them questions about their thoughts and feelings on obedience which is best suited to a questionnaire
give an example of a quantitative question used
Rank teachers, parents, police officers and grandparents in terms of authority you think they hold, 1 being the highest, 4 being the least
give an example of a qualitative question used
You have a supply teacher come in because your teacher is pregnant. How would you behave in class?
what sampling method was used
We used opportunity sampling as we wanted to send our obedience questionnaire to 16-18 and 19+ year olds via social media so they could fill it out. This sampling method enabled us to gather the participants in each age category more quickly and conveniently than other sampling methods
describe the method
All researchers in the team met to identify which age categories we were going to look at for a difference between and to create our questionnaire on obedience. We knew that we wanted to collect a range of qualitative and quantitative data so we decided to make a questionnaire with 5 open and 5 closed questions. For example, one of my closed questions was: rank teachers, parents, police officers and grandparents in terms of authority you think they hold, 1 being highest, 4 being lowest. One of our open questions was: You have a supply teacher come in because your teacher is pregnant. How would you behave in class? Once we had designed our obedience questionnaire, we carried out a small pilot study where we asked a small group of people in school to complete it and let us know if there were any errors or questions that didn’t make sense. Once we had corrected any errors, we sent out the questionnaire on social media to 10 people aged 16-18 and 10 people aged 19+ who were willing to complete it.
what ethics were considered
We needed to make sure that participant answers on their obedience questionnaire were kept confidential. We therefore made sure we did not ask the participants to write their name or any personal information on the questionnaire.
descrribe the quantitaive analysis
Once our questionnaire had been completed, we separated them into the different age groups and then scored the closed questions in order to create an overall obedience for each participant. For this each closed question was given a score for the level of obedience shown. For example one question was: rank teachers, parents, police officers and grandparents in terms of authority you think they hold, 1 being highest, 4 being lowest. Police officers ranked 1 were given a score of 4, parents ranked 1 were given a score of 3, teachers ranked 1 were given a score of 2, and grandparents ranked 1 were given a score of 1. All closed question scores were then added together to get an overall obedience score for each participant. These were then placed into a table for those 16-18 and those 19+ and compared them by calculating the mean, median, and range for each age category
describe the qualitative analysis
The obedience questionnaires were split into the different age categories. Each open question answer within each age category was then analysed using thematic analysis. This involved reading all the answers that participants within the age category had given to identify codes within the answers that may relate to obedience. Once the codes had been identified, themes were then given eg. codes in one question were ‘chat’ ‘talk to my fiends’ ‘move to sit with friends’, these were then given the overall theme of ‘disobedient’. All themes were placed into a qualitative table for comparison between age categories.
describe the quantitative results
The mean obedience score for 16-18 year olds obedience score out of 14 was 10.5 with a standard deviation of 1.43. The mean obedience score out of 14 for 19+ year olds was 11.9 with a standard deviation of 1.52
describe the qualitative results
For the question you have a supply teacher come in because your teacher is pregnant. How would you behave in class? Codes such as ‘talk’, ‘move’ ‘be with friends’ were identified for 16-18 year olds and given the overall theme ‘mess around’. Codes such as ‘well behaved’ ‘do work’ ‘normally’ were identified for 19+ year olds and given the overall theme ‘behave normally’. For the question Molly and Bob wanted to go to the shop but their dad told them to do their homework but they went to the shop anyway. Their dad called them and told them to come home. What do you think they should do? Codes such as ‘go to shop’ ‘do both’ were identified with 16-18 year olds and the overall theme of ‘compromise’ was given. Codes such as ‘go home’ and ‘listen to dad’ were given to 19+ year olds with the overall theme of ‘obey dad’.
