Please watch the video and read the description of the Chicago’s Large Lots Program:  The City of Chicago’s “Large Lot Program” is a residential land use approach initiated in 2014 directed at re-purposing vacant lots throughout the city.  Developed as part of the City’s Green Healthy Neighborhoods public planning process, the program allows homeowners on the South or West sides of Chicago to purchase up to two vacant lots for $1. The lots must be on the same block as land they already own. The Large Lot owners have obligations to maintain the property, including paying property taxes and installing a fence.  While the program encourages both open space and built development, most Large Lot owners have used their lots for gardens, play areas, and other green space uses. Research shows that these and other improvements reduce crime, build neighborhood cohesion, and improve aesthetic and environmental values, among other benefits. In addition, the program continues to address problems associated with high-vacancy urban neighborhoods, such as dumping, crime, and other illegal activities, which are threats to the neighborhood’s health and safety.  In order to help guide the program and evaluate its success, answers are needed to the following general research questions: What are Large Lot owners’ visions for their new property? What issues do they anticipate or have already experienced in realizing these visions? In what ways have the purchased lots influenced the health and well-being of Large Lot owners?  The assignment for Part 3: Assume that you and your group are researchers who are interested in learning more about the impacts of Chicago’s Large Lots Program on Chicago’s South and West side neighborhoods. Keep in mind you will design a qualitative research project related to the research questions. Who is your target population in this research? (2 points) Which non-probability sampling technique will you use for this study and why? (3 points) Decide if you think doing in-depth one-on-one interviews or focus groups is a better choice for the research questions and population the question is targeting, why did you choose the one you did? (3 points) How do you ensure that your data collection process (i.e., interview) is reliable/dependable? (3 points) What is the role of reflexivity in ensuring the trustworthiness of qualitative data? (3 points)  What does it mean if you guarantee to your participants that the interview or focus group data will be confidential? Why is this harder for focus groups? (4 points) Assuming you are a group of researchers conducting this study, what would you need to obtain from participants that show they acknowledge that they are aware of how the data is collected and used? (2 points)

Which of the following statements about the “lived experience approach” is false? 

If you were selecting your sample based on those that are easy to access and available for your project, you are using _________, which is a _______ sampling technique.

How many elements are in the following set? {,,,,,,,,,}

A set has 256 subsets. How many elements does it have?

Consider the following conjecture: Adding the same (nonzero) number to both the numerator and denominator of a fraction never changes the fraction’s value. Is this conjecture true or false?

PART 2: A pool survey – Designing a quantitative study (20 pts)

Suppose that in the Venn diagram above, Region I has elements. Region II has elements. Region III has elements. Region IV has elements. Region V has elements. Region VI has elements. Region VII has elements. Region VIII has elements. How many elements are in B or C, but not A?

The cost of a bicycle is $0. Suppose you can afford to pay $0 now and can afford to pay at most $ per week. How many weeks will it take to pay off the bicycle? Give your answer as a whole number of weeks. Hint: Remember to check your work and avoid an easy mistake to make. Whatever your answer is, check to see if the bicycle would be paid off after that number of weeks. If, after checking, the amount paid up to that point is less than the cost of the bicycle, then your answer is incorrect (but may be close).

Exam Instructions and Academic Integrity  This exam is an open-book format, allowing you to refer to course materials and class notes available on our Canvas website. You are encouraged to utilize your extra credit assignment as a guide during the exam. However, please note that this does not permit the use of external websites (such as Google or ChatGPT) or collaboration with peers. Such actions constitute academic dishonesty. I have tested this exam using ChatGPT many times and am familiar with the typical responses it generates, which are often too general to be accurate for this exam. Your answers should reflect your understanding and learning from this course. As listed in the syllabus, any instances of cheating and plagiarism will be addressed according to MU’s academic integrity policies, resulting in a score of zero for the exam and a formal report to the academic system. If you understand and agree to these terms, please proceed to the next section.