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Name: Molly King Assignment: Identifying the research method In order to evaluate research projects, and understand their strengths and limitations, it is necessary to first understand which type of research method is being used. First, type your name in the space indicated above. Then classify each of the following research studies as experimental, correlational, or observational/qualitative. Simply type an E, C, or O in the space below each study to indicate type of study. This assignment will be graded on a 100-point scale. Ten points will be deducted for each wrong categorization of a study. The assignment will be worth 3% of your overall grade in the course. 1. Cheryl Vance, an actuary at ValueLife Insurance Co., aims to …show more content…

Over the next five years, he tracks their incomes. Thomas finds that on average, taller men have higher incomes than do shorter men. Research method: C 5. Ron Fuller wants to test the hypothesis that storeowners will be more likely to scrutinize black customers who are exhibiting behavior that suggests shoplifting, compared to white customers who are exhibiting the same behavior. He trains five black and five white high school students to exhibit the same types of suspicious behavior, and sends them into 12 stores to act as trained. With hidden cameras, the storeowners’ scrutinizing behaviors are recorded. Fuller found that the storeowners were 1.72 times more likely to scrutinize the black customers as compared to the white customers who were exhibiting the same suspicious behaviors. Research method: O 6. Organization development consultant David Nadler was interested in developing a model of how large companies cope with restructuring in a competitive business environment. With a team of consultants, he followed the restructuring process of Xerox Corporation for two years. He interviewed the CEO and the top managers at Xerox. He observed the behavior and analyzed the speeches of the CEO and the top managers. Nadler and his team collated and interpreted the information they had collected, and wrote up a detailed account of Xerox’ restructuring process,

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