Reference no: EM133668870
You will use the assigned article called, An Experimental Test of the Relationship Between Religion and Gratitude to demonstrate you understand particular concepts about the research process. Be sure you have read the article, highlighted important features of it, and really spent the time to try and understand what the authors are talking about before trying to answer these questions.
Question 1
In general, what are the researchers trying to do/prove in their study/ (i.e. What are/is the research question(s) the author is looking to answer)?
Question 2
Why did these researchers choose to do their study the way they chose to do it? What reason did they give for choosing the particular method they chose?
Question 3
Why did the researchers avoid self-reporting?
Question 4
What is the independent variable and what is the dependent variable used in this study?
Question 5
What is the hypothesis or hypotheses of the research in the article?
Question 6
How is gratitude operationalized in this study? Is it sufficiently operationalized given your understanding of how one operationalizes variables? If so, why, if not why not?
Question 7
How was validity demonstrated in this study?
Question 8
How was validity reliability demonstrated in this study?