Take A Stand Study

The overall research design of this program was a non-experimental design. The study aimed to examine the effects that the Take a Stand program would have on accusations of bullying in schools. It sought to examine if Take a Stand caused students to be less likely to be accused of bullying after going through the program. There is no control/comparison group in this study and no random assignment either. Purposive sampling was conducted initially when choosing the 25 schools out of the total of 421 Chicago Public Schools. The 25 schools chosen to participate in the program were chosen because the neighborhoods they are located in have high crime rates and high gang activity. These neighborhoods and therefore schools were perceived as those …show more content…
Students could have been surveyed to discover their experiences with bullying. A Likert Scale ranging from 1 to 5 could be used to ask students if they believe bullying is an issue at their school: 1.) Bullying is not an issue at their school, 2.) Bullying is somewhat of an issue at their school, 3.) Neutral, 4.) Bullying is an issue at their school, or 5.) Bullying is a prominent issue at their school. Using a survey would examine student’s individual attitudes towards bullying at school and their attitudes likely have a relationship with how many students are accused of bullying. Another variable that could have been measured to determine the success of the program at an individual level is surveying teachers and asking them how many times they have witnessed bullying at school. This would allow for individual teachers personal experience of witnessing bullying to be measured. The number of times a teacher has witnessed bullying at the school is an important measure that could aid discovering if the program was effective. Since the study aims to see if students were less likely to be accused of bullying, the actual incidents of bullying observed by teachers is