Questionnaire-related Measurement Error Questionnaire- related measurement error could have occurred in a couple questions within our survey because of the way that the questions were worded and the possible answers that were listed. One of the questions where this occurred was in question 8 that asks, “Should the U.S. immigration laws be made stricter, looser, stay about the same, or are you uncertain?” This represents a questionnaire- related measurement error because this question does not provide all the answers that respondents may give, which forces them to chose an answer that they originally did not want to give. For this question I received an answer from a respondent that said the laws should be smarter and that answer was not listed,…
For as long as one can remember, Philosophers have always tried to answer of what the meaning of life is, or if there is even meaning, but eventually gave up on it because too many factors are implied in answering such a question. In his article, The Meanings of the Questions of Life, John Wisdom challenges the question by presenting some of the factors that might lead some people to think that it is pointless to ask what the meaning of life is before presenting his own opinion that states that…
other. In regards to if this were an actual workplace interview, our answers may tend towards a little exaggeration in hopes of landing a new job. Some questions we may have exaggerated on during a real interview would be questions four and five, “When have you failed? Describe what happened and what you learned from it?” and “How do you take advantage of your strengths? How do you compensate for your weaknesses?” Most people would describe an event they’ve failed in, but one that is less harsh…
We also had twenty-seven inconclusive answers, so we combined them and labeled them inconclusive in the graph above. As we already stated, we believe the change in cars to be one of the harder changes we made in the video, so we are excited that fifteen percent of those surveyed got if right as we anticipated a smaller percentage when we created this experiment. Change blindness is evident in this question and the answers given because the brain was preoccupied with many other factors of the…
processing because of their difficulty to understand others causes the perceptual overreactions (Gilberg 51). Autism possibly having an effect on intelligence is a controversial topic. This is considered a controversy because there is no concrete proof that ASD directly impacts intelligence. During the research I found three possible answers that show how autism may affect intelligence. The brain functioning of someone on the autism spectrum can cause some intellectual halts because their…
listen and spoon-feed me a quick and simple answer. Growing up I came to realize that some of them weren 't always entirely correct or even necessarily true. But they would set a very important precedent in my life. And if you look around, society has undergone a similar phenomenon that is really not all that different…
prior to looking at the question. In addition, asking more than one question within a question leads to confusion and the inability to answer it straight forward. For example, in question 24 when asking if the participant had ever had a class discussing any of several theorists listed. If you are taking a course in sociological theory most likely you have had one with the named theorists. Once again the survey is setting the participant up for a definite…
whole answer to the questions due to the lack of facial expressions being viewed. I was also sitting up straight in good poster because she was slouched over and messing with her clothes, so I did the opposite of whatever she was doing. During this time, I was hoping she would change her body movement to me, giving me that “power” but she didn’t. During the whole interview we both held very different positions; holding movement dissynchrony. During this time, I felt extremely rude. I felt…
Now in my Latino culture, family is everything, so her answer did not seem out of the ordinary, but when I asked her what the American dream meant to her, she answered with something similar but yet very different. She started out by answering that her kids would have a legal status here in this country to be able to work here legally and support their own family. She made it very clear how she wanted them to “have an easier life and be able to have their own dreams come true as well.” Comparing…
showing compassion, Ask questions to grow and understand this crazy world and last remember what Your mama said, which means the life lessons she already learned I need to keep the answers. I would formulate this basic principle in my life as follows: An action is right if and only if I continue to apply P.L.A.Y in my life and the outcome would be of my expectation. Family means everything to me and now that I am a parent of two daughters six and one I would go above…