Question

You are going to do some research on the expected starting salary (in dollars) for SUNY cobleskill students during their first year of work. You want to sample 30 students. You can also use RCC students, a mix of both, or another group if you are not on any campus.

Note: This is just the design, you will be collecting the actual data in Week 2.

Give a detailed description of how you will set up and execute your research question - make it so someone could simply follow your directions if they had to repeat your study.

Discuss the following ideas in your DQ:

a) What is your population?

b) What is your sample?

c) Which sampling method will be used and how?

d) How will you actually collect the data?

e) What are some of the positives and negative aspects of your research design?

f) What is "bias" and how might it be introduced into your research design?

Answer 1