Suppose the Office of Student Involvement at Your College Has

question 5

Essay

Suppose the Office of Student Involvement at your college has decided to submit a grant proposal to conduct a campus survey of student volunteering. The aims of the survey are to document the level of volunteering among current students, who volunteers, the kinds of volunteer activities in which students engage, and their motivations for volunteering. They have hired you as a research consultant to help them prepare the proposal. Carefully describe what you would recommend regarding (a) type of survey design, (b) type of survey questions (closed-ended/ open-ended), (c) choice of survey mode, (d) choice of sampling frame, and (e) sampling design. Be sure to justify your recommendations by describing the pros and cons of each.

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Definitions:

Resource Scarcities

Conditions where the availability of resources is limited in comparison to the demands, leading to competition and allocation challenges.

Goal Incompatibilities

Differing objectives that are at odds with one another, making it challenging to achieve them simultaneously.

Horizontal Conflicts

Disagreements or clashes that occur between individuals or groups at the same level within an organization's hierarchy.

Premature Judgments

The formation of opinions or decisions based on insufficient or incomplete information.