Suppose I Want to Know Whether Adult Men and Women

Essay

Suppose I want to know whether adult men and women in America differ in their ability to remain faithful to their romantic partner (i.e., not cheat on them). So I select a random sample of 200 college undergraduates (100 men, 100 women) from around the country and ask them if they have ever cheated on a romantic partner. Sixty percent of the men in my sample admit to having cheated whereas 45% of the women said they had been unfaithful in the past. Please answer the following questions based on this study.
a. What is the dependent variable in this study?
b. What is the independent variable in this study?
c. How is the independent variable measured (i.e., interval-ratio, nominal/categorical, ordinal)?
d. In the question I said that I selected my sample(s) randomly. What exactly does that mean?
e. What is/are the population(s), as specified by the research question?
f. What is/are the sample(s)?
g. Do you think the sample is a good representation of the population? Explain your answer.
h. What type of study is this (experimental, quasi-experimental, correlational, observational, etc.)? Tell me why you think so?
i. Is this study descriptive, inferential, or both? Explain your answer.
j. Do you believe the results of this study will generalize? Explain your answe.r.