Professors Bertha Bettina Conducted a Research Project Exploring Adolescent Girl

question 33

Multiple Choice

Professors Bertha Bettina conducted a research project exploring adolescent girl peer group pressure.She used closed-ended questionnaires and focus groups.Of the 221 girls that fit the criteria for inclusion,90 girls agreed to complete the self-administered questionnaire; of those,50 girls agreed to participate in focus groups.During analysis,descriptive statistics about behaviours reported by the girls were joined with major themes that came out of the focus group interviews. Which one of the following types of data analysis did Bettina use?

• A) Sequential data analysis
• B) Monostrand data analysis
• C) Multi-method data analysis
• D) Triangulation
• E) Concurrent data analysis

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Definitions:

Motivational Properties

Attributes of objects, events, or states that can induce an organism to engage in a particular behavior towards achieving a certain goal.

Novelty

Novelty involves the quality of being new, original, or unusual, often sparking interest or curiosity.

Uncertainty

The state of being unsure or having doubts, often involving a situation that is unpredictable or has unknown outcomes.

Arousal

A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, often involving increased heart rate and alertness.