Question

1.6 Stealers, study components: In a study of the relationship between socio-economic class and unethical behavior, 129 University of California undergraduates at Berkeley were asked to identify themselves as having low or high social-class by comparing themselves to others with the most (least) money, most (least) education, and most (least) respected jobs. They were also presented with a jar of individually wrapped candies and informed that the candies were for children in a nearby laboratory, but that they could take some if they wanted. After completing some unrelated tasks, participants reported the number of candies they had taken. It was found that those who were identified as upper-class took more candy than others (Piff, 2012). Identify the following about this study.1) what are the cases?2)What are the variables and their types3)What is the main research question?

Answer 1

Answer:

1). The cases are each of the 129 University of California undergraduates at Berkeley.

2). The variables are listed in category as follows:

Categorical and Ordinal:

• Social class

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• Money

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• Education

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• Jobs

Quantitative:

• Number of candies taken

3). The main research question is:

Is there a correlation between the number of candies taken by the students and the social class which are defined using money, education and jobs?