Design a concealed participant observation study. You will be infiltrating a gathering of Eastern University faculty. Things to address in your answer: how will you get into the gathering / blend in?; what kinds of behaviors will you be coding for in the gathering (list at least 6); group those behaviors into two or more categories; lastly, ethical concerns should you be aware of with this research design (how might you convince an IRB to give you the go-ahead?)

This eyewitness interviewing technique is described as a tool box by its inventor, Dr. Ronald Fisher. The _______ Interview contains the techniques (tools) of: rapport, open-ended questions, context reinstatement, reverse order, change perspective, sketch, and eye closure.

Dr. Soto was conducting research in a small rural community in Asia that was affected by an earthquake. Dr. Soto collected baseline measurements on posttraumatic responses and then the natural disaster assistance team arrived. Dr. Soto collected the same information again from respondents after the disaster assistance team had been stationed for one week. After two weeks the disaster assistance team left and Dr. Soto collected posttraumatic response data again. Dr. Soto expected that the posttraumatic responses would return to baseline after the disaster assistance team left. What is the dependent variable in this A-B-A design?

In order to study the effects of watching violent programs on children’s aggressiveness, a researcher observes children’s behavior after they watch 30 minutes of violent programs on television. The researcher concludes that television violence causes aggressiveness. A problem in this research is that:

Which of the following documents the first 3 steps of virus replication in sequential order: 

What part of the Computerized Radiography (CR) Plate Reader releases the rest of the light from the  CR phosphor?

Scenario I   Scenario I presents fabricated data inspired by the following study: Thurstone, C. (2013). Medical marijuana use and parenting: A qualitative study. Adolescent Psychiatry, 3, 190–194.   Adult Medicinal Marijuana Users’ Attitudes Toward Teen Marijuana Use   The purpose of this study was to understand the attitudes medical marijuana users had toward parenting and teen recreational marijuana use. To that end, researchers analyzed audio and video recordings of a group of 32 medical marijuana users, 11 of whom were parents. The analyses revealed that while the parents felt marijuana helped them cope with the stressors associated with parenting, they did not want their children to use marijuana. The parents also seemed to be concerned with their children finding their medical marijuana and how to broach the topic of drug use, both illicit and prescribed, with their children. These data suggest that parents who use medical marijuana struggle with their feelings associated with marijuana use.   The study described in Scenario I is a _____ study.

The null hypothesis predicts a statistical difference between group means.

Reactivity is a significant concern with non-concealed observation studies.

Observe your camera set up. It is supposed to look like this image. Make sure your side view camera set up is adjusted to look like this image Is your set up correct?  Then you can continue. If any of these parts are NOT true then you need to fix them before continuing.