{"id":41807,"date":"2025-02-11T01:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T01:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/how-do-social-media-and-technology-cause-loneliness-and-how-do-social-media-and-technology-make-students-more-lonely\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T01:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T01:21:14","slug":"how-do-social-media-and-technology-cause-loneliness-and-how-do-social-media-and-technology-make-students-more-lonely","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/how-do-social-media-and-technology-cause-loneliness-and-how-do-social-media-and-technology-make-students-more-lonely\/","title":{"rendered":"How do social media and technology cause loneliness, and how do social media and technology make students more lonely?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>For this Discussion, you should describe how you would do a survey to address your research question, with at least 4 measures. Previously we&#8217;ve worked so that your research question can be tested in an experiment, but for this Discussion (only) we will try to design a non-experimental survey that can also be relevant to your research question (without directly testing causation).<\/li>\n<li>Your research question has 2 variables in it; for non-experimental research those become a &#8220;predictor&#8221; and the &#8220;criterion&#8221; (the criterion is the outcome). The variables may have to change to fit into a survey design. For example, studies with research questions about students&#8217; studying for a test (or their reading comprehension) probably should change the outcome to be GPA.<\/li>\n<li>For this Discussion, you should also identify two additional variables\n<ul>\n<li>The first new variable should be something that&#8217;s relevant to the theory you chose and included in your theory paper. Most theories include multiple constructs that could be measured, but for now you just need one.<\/li>\n<li>The second new variable should be another predictor. It can be anything that&#8217;s relevant to your topic, but it should be a categorical variable. If you forget what that means, go back to pages 122-123 in the textbook. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the Discussion, you should post:\n<ol>\n<li>First, state your research question\/topic again.<\/li>\n<li>Second, identify your four variables (the 2 from the research question, plus the 2 new ones as described above). Identify each one as a person variable or a situation variable. <\/li>\n<li>Third, in 3-5 sentences, using what you learned from Chapters 6 and 7, briefly describe the procedure that you could use to collect data from FGCU college students, using a questionnaire\/survey that measures the 4 variables that you chose.<\/li>\n<li>Fourth, describe what measures (i.e., what self-report questions) you would measure the 4 variables. You don&#8217;t have to give specific operational definitions like you did in last week&#8217;s Discussion, but if there are published scales that have been used in prior research studies, I strongly suggest that you use those scales too. In this Discussion, you would then just say something like, &#8220;I would measure self-esteem using the State Self-Esteem Scale (Heatherton &amp; Polivy, 1991).&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this Discussion, you should describe how you would do a survey to address your research question, with at least 4 measures. 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