At Risk Prevention Study

The purpose of this paper is to design and implement an at risk prevention study by using the supplemental instructions also called SI. We want to know if the at-risk students will be helped by going to the SI sessions. I will conduct a research study that will evaluate the effectiveness for the at-risk students that attend the sessions. 1a. There are certain groups of students in college that have a higher risk of failing a course and dropping out than others. According to “Who Gets To Graduate,” the majority of students that fail courses and drop out are students who are either from a low income family, parents who were uneducated (did not finish high school), and/or minority groups. 1b. Richer students tend to do better on the SAT because …show more content…
2a. (i) The participants that will be tested in this assignment will be at risk students who have a score of 65 and below in the class. The at risk students should be full time, motivated, and have excellent attendance. These aspects should be considered while recruiting the participants for the study. Random sampling is prefered in this research because it gives an equal chance for participants to join and it would be even for each group. There should be a sample group where the researcher can get a generalization of the population, which is why random sampling is prefered. The students will be counted off in order to be random. This randomization will determine if the students will be in the experimental group, group one , or in the control group, group two. 2a. (ii) Offering students food as well paying the students will motivate and encourage the students to join. This encouragement can target the students who work outside of school to join the research. It is also important to consider the time that the SI session starts because some students are either too busy to go to the session or have other important appointments. In addition, the place should be accommodating for the students. I will be testing two different groups: one, being the at risk students and another the control group. The control group will be students who are attending a SI session, but a lower quality one. This means that in the control group, students would not be receiving the same benefits that a student would have in the experimental group. Additionally, the students would not receive instructions to help them. There should be a realistic number of participants, such as 50 students, that should be used as subjects. This should be tasked randomly to the student so there would not be any bias. If there was a fewer number of students then the statistical