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Assignment:
1. Four child development researchers contact a school principal and wish to come in and observe 3rd grade classrooms in a Fargo school. Their objective is to observe and record antisocial behaviors among 8-9 year olds while in the classroom. What do you think their findings will show? Why might this design be problematic in terms of describing the findings.
2. A historian wishes to examine diaries and journals kept by drs. In the mid 1800's in the U.S. Her plan is to compile a description of diseases recorded by physicians. What might prove to be a limitation/weakness of this study if she was interested in determining how widespread certain diseases were?
3. In Chapter 6 in Schryvers, he discusses the issue of cancer rates and their proportional rise in the population. Explain why cancer rates might have risen.
4. List and briefly describe the various unobtrusive tools that law enforcement agencies have at their disposal today to solve crimes that they did not have thirty years ago.
5. One of the highest disability factors used in the DALY calculations is depression. Why is this according to Schryvers?
6. What specifically did our data from Titanic deaths reveal with respect to class and gender?
7. Why does malaria carry such a high DALY disability factor?
8. A Congresswoman is interested in assessing the content of the comments she receives from constituents using Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, text messages, and letters. She examines 455 sources in which constituents have commented on her stance on gun control and determines that the bulk of the messages are highly negative. What is the problem with this method and her conclusion?
9. Briefly, how would you conduct a study using the method(s) described in this section for the following problem statement? Do homicide rates in the U.S. increase following televised heavyweight UFC fights?
10. Briefly discuss the concept of "cream skimming." Then, briefly describe the findings of Dale and Krueger as it pertained to enrollment at Ivy vs. non-Ivy league schools.
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