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shenderson6 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Teachers and administrators at a particular school are concerned about a possible rise in bullying in recent months. Before deciding how to respond to the problem, they want to determine if, in fact, their perceptions are accurate. For example, they want to know how many students are considered to be bullies, how many students are victims of bullying, and how often students encounter bullying incidents at school. In three separate paragraphs, describe three different data collection techniques they might use to get the information they need.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A team of researchers wants to know whether a new crime prevention program is really effective in reducing crime in young adolescents. The researchers find two middle schools, Adams Middle School and Monroe Middle School, which serve similar kinds of students and report similar rates of theft, physical assault, and vandalism. The researchers implement the program at Adams and use Monroe as a control group. Afterwards, they discover that crime has decreased at Adams but not at Monroe. This study is a good example of which type of design?

a. Correlational
b. Experimental
c. Cross-sectional
d. Quasi-experimental

joechoochoy · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The following are possible strategies (the response should refer to at least two of them):
Administer a questionnaire that asks students whether they have witnessed or been a victim of bullying behavior
Interview students regarding peers whom they perceive to be bullies or frequent victims of bullies
Observe students in various settings during the school day, looking for possible incidents of bullying

Answer to Question 2

D