Practical exercises
1
You have designed a quantitative investigation to study the effects of
depression on the dropout rate of tertiary students. The method of data
collection is a self-administered questionnaire. Explain how you will plan a
pilot study and what information such a study will be able to offer.
2
You have been working on a study of domestic violence in a small country town
and wish to use home-delivered questionnaires for the collection of the data.
The issue is interesting and topical but very sensitive.
a Devise a cover letter to accompany the
questionnaire and explain and justify its main elements.
b Devise a questionnaire and explain the
reason for including each of the questions considered.
3 Explain where and how ethical standards can be violated in both studies.