Reference no: EM133181139
With the increase in the number of internet utilisation and social media platforms, it is not surprising that youth are using these tool to engage in cyberbullying. A lecturer thinks that there are several factors contribute to the cyberbullying among university students. She would like to conduct a research study on this issue by collecting responses from a sample of 500 undergraduate students in Malaysia. Respond to the following research design questions.
i. What would be the nature of the study that would be designed - Exploratory, descriptive, correlational or causal study? Justify.
ii. What would be the extent of researcher interference? Justify.
iii. Would it be a Field study, Lab experiment or Field experiment? Justify.
iv. Would it be a longitudinal or cross-sectional study? Justify.
v. What would be the unit of analysis? Justify.
vi. Explain types of statistical analysis that can be used to analyse the results.
vii. Identify THREE (3) possible independent variables from previous articles that may have relationships with cyberbullying among undergraduate students.